bees
Sep 22, 2011
A Month of Bees
So many things have been happening since the last time posting on the blog. I have decided to do a summary of the mo...
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Sep 8, 2011
Harvest time
Both hives were doing well and the summer was coming to an end so we decided it was time to harvest some honey. From ...
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Aug 29, 2011
Sticky Trees
Keeping a blog updated is a lot of work in the summer when most of my free time is spent outside rather than inside m...
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Jul 15, 2011
Honey, I'm home...
The past week has been beautiful and it is beginning to look like summer has finally arrived. I wanted to see what wa...
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Jul 6, 2011
The queen has arrived
Friday July 1st was a beautiful sunny Canada day and after a day of picking strawberries on Westham Island I was look...
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Jun 25, 2011
Swarm part deux
Friday the 17th was another exciting day in my short time as a beekeeper. I will have to give you the lead up story...
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Jun 7, 2011
And Then There Was Two...
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May 27, 2011
Frame Comparison
I was looking at pictures of the development of the hive and thought it would be interesting to see the pics side by ...
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May 27, 2011
Queen Cups!
May 26th
The weather was cooperating this evening and we could get out and do an inspection and see what the bees ha...
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May 26, 2011
Bunches of Bees
Yesterday evening it was raining after a good 5 days of rain free weather here in Vancouver. I looked out my bedroom...
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May 24, 2011
Almost 7 Weeks Already?
This inspection was done on May 18th
The weather has not been cooperative for inspections lately. I had a short wind...
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