beginner beekeeping
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 5, 2011
Sweet Nectar
Its been a while since my last post as we were away on a family camping trip. The weather was crappy when we left an...
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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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May 10, 2011
5th Week Inspection
At the 4th week inspection I had the brood box at about 6 frames drawn out and what I thought was copious amounts of...
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