hive inspection
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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Jan 24, 2012
Things I did this winter while waiting for the bees - Part 2
At the end of summer I did treat for the varroa mite with Formic Acid and the colony had a low mite drop count, I dec...
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Jan 17, 2012
Things I did this winter while waiting for the bees. Part 1
I have been much more busy this winter with work and other obligations than in winters previous. I am constantly che...
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Nov 13, 2011
Tucking in the Bees
The weather has changed quickly here in the Vancouver area. November 1oth it was around 15 Celsius and sunny, Friday ...
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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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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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