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Mar 27, 2012
1st spring inspection year 2
This weekend was amazing! The sun was shining and the temperatures were hovering at a balmy 13-15 Celsius (59 F) pe...
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Mar 21, 2012
Mold and Moisture
Today was warm enough this afternoon that the bees were out flying in abundance. I saw a few with pollen of various c...
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Mar 19, 2012
2 new hives for 2012 !
Urban Beekeeping in Vancouver has rules. Not too many but they do limit the amount of Hives you can keep on a residen...
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Feb 6, 2012
Spring is here already?
Saturday February 4th was a beautiful day to crack open the hives and see what is going on with each of the colonies....
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Jan 30, 2012
Are the Bees Going to Make it?
So I'm getting a little concerned with hive #2 or Kashyyyk as it known by some. There has been a lot of dead bees out...
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Oct 5, 2011
Making A Winter Quilt For The Bees
So winter is fast approaching and the bees are already starting to prepare for the winter. Like me, their activity le...
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Apr 25, 2011
Bees Flying in the Rain
It has been raining lightly for 2 days now and I didn't expect to see any activity around the hive. I always thought...
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Apr 18, 2011
2nd week hive inspection
Sun was shining this weekend but the temps were still chilly if you weren't in the sun. Saturday was Vahsaki, an anc...
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Apr 15, 2011
Frame Feeder Fumble
Today I thought I should check the sugar syrup levels in the inverted jar feeder. It is contained inside the second b...
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Apr 4, 2011
The Bees Have Arrived
Sunday was the day I had been waiting for for a long long time, the Bees were here! The packages were supposed to ar...
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