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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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Friday, October 25, 2013

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Honey Frame

This frame of honey has 2 different types of honey. Notice the irregular line of wax capping. There is a definite line of the dissimilar honey. The color of the wax even changes/

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Dirty Honey, Greed and finally justice

This link tell the tale of some honey brokers that broke the law importing banned honey and not paying any of the appropriate duties. Also some of this honey was adulterated and contained some banned substances. The devious methods used helped depress honey prices on a national if not global scale.
 Now with a fair playing field, beekeepers have been seeing honey prices move to a more profitable level.
http://mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-19/how-germany-s-alw-got-busted-for-the-largest-food-fraud-in-u-dot-s-dot-history

A tale of Mites and why we need good queen genetics

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/10/01/environment/beekeepers-breed-hygienic-bees