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This blog explains how I keep bees. It works for me, it might not work for you. Use my methods at your own risk. Always wear protective clothing and use a smoker when working bees.

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Saturday, March 14, 2009

Queen Cell Builder Colonies


The queen cell building yard is full of bees. The grafted queen larvae are moved to these cell builder colonies. They are strong queenless colonies that need a queen. So their desire to make queen cells is great.

Starting a queen cell building yard.


Open barrel feeding of syrup in a bee yard. This is not recommended for hobbyists because it will lead to robbing,