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Wax Moths in the Hive
Something you don’t want to see in one of your hives! Small moths of Galleria spp., commonly known as Wax Moths can eat away the honey comb and leave behind damaging webbing, frass, and plain old ick! Preventative measures include proper … Continue reading
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The bees and the birds…
Managed honey bee colonies act collectively as our “canary in the coal mine,” alerting us to the deleterious effects of toxic chemicals in the environment. The news is bad! Bees are dying! Scientific analysis of the effects of these toxic chemicals … Continue reading
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Vita (Europe) Ltd 2013 Beekeeping Photographic Competition
Vita Launches 2013 International Beekeeping Photo Competition Vita (Europe) Ltd is calling on beekeepers internationally to enter its 2013 photographic competition. There will be cash prizes and beekeeping products for the winners, and the best pictures will feature in the … Continue reading
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Bee Colony Rescue Helps Promote Sustainable Farming on San Juan Island
Honey bees are an integral part of the deeply-routed heritage of agriculture in the San Juan Islands. Farmers depend on these hard-working participants to bring residents and tourists alike a bountiful array of delicious and healthy fruits, vegetables, and honey … Continue reading
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Tagged Apis mellifera, beekeeping, bees, friday harbor, honey bees, pesticides, san juan island
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Hive Consult
Last week I went out to do a consult for someone needing a little help with their beehive. They needed help finding the queen and wanted a general assessment as to the health of their colony. The first thing I … Continue reading
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Paper Bagging It…
Will it work? Surely something so simple would merely be anecdotal…an old “wives” tale perhaps? A brown paper bag to get rid of the yellow jackets visiting my beehive! Certainly I am skeptical, but after a week of trying out … Continue reading
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Long Live the Queen!
Two days ago on July 24, 2012, I noticed an unusual amount of activity right outside of my hive. Maybe for someone else’s hive this would be perfectly normal, but for my struggling colony, seeing so many of my bees … Continue reading
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Scales? July 23, 2012 Hive Check
Catchy heading! Read all the way to the end to find out more…or not, since I have no idea what I saw on the back of that little bee’s thorax. Definitely looking for input here. Hopefully it isn’t anything that … Continue reading
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Tagged apiculture, Apis mellifera ligustica, beehive, beekeeping, bees, honey bees, nature, san juan island
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Do Honey Bees Like Honeydew?
A most interesting thing I learned about today! This morning when I had a conversation with my friend/bee-mentor about my new queen, we digressed into talking about nectar sources for the bees. She mentioned that she’d read something about honey … Continue reading
Her Highness Takes Flight!
If you read my last post, you know I discovered two queen cells in my hive and yesterday when I checked, they’d both been opened. Without actually “bee-ing” in the hive myself, I could only surmise that my colony had … Continue reading
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Tagged apiculture, Apis mellifera, beehive, beekeeping, honey bees, italian bees, italian honey bees, queen, san juan island
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