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New Years Eve Bees
The Oscar hive had bees out and about today. The other two hives, not so much.…
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Fall Feeding
I put the last of 10 gallons of 2:1 sugar syrup + essential oils on the…
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Robbing
Bald faced hornets and lots and lots of yellow jackets. Nairobi has no honey stored and…
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Nairobi Is Progressing Nicely.
Nairobi has comb on nine bars, eight of which have brood. They are starting to put…
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Bearding (It’s Hot and Humid)
The bees in Oscar and Felix are good during the day when everybody is out gathering,…
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Nairobi Has Brood
I looked in on the new MN Hygienic queen that is in Nairobi to see how…
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Nairobi’s New Queen
The new Minnesota Hygienic queen came in the mail on Friday. I removed the old queen…
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Father’s Day Check In
The kids and I looked in on all three hives today. The weather was sunny on…
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Memorial Day Weekend Inspections
My son Jack and I peeked into the Langstroths on Sunday to check on the comb…
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Felix Has Bees
I picked up a nuc of Carniolan bees from Bee Havin’ Apiary in Smithfield, RI on…