inspections
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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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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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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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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