What Should I Be Doing With My Bees This Month?

This blog is for beekeepers in Northern climates. I will be describing what I am doing with my bees on a monthly schedule. Copying any text or photos is forbidden except with written authorization of the author.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Last feeding?

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Shielded Immersion Heater Heater has to be fully submerged in the syrup This pail of corn syrup was granulated, You can see the granul...

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Early Oct, What is left?

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It is the first week of Oct. By now mite treatments should be getting finished up. If you haven't fed 2 gallons of fumigilin do so now. ...

Thursday, October 4, 2007

The Bear Story is becoming a Saga

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Claw marks and teeth marks are a bears calling card. . a bite of beeswax. Last night I was hit by the bear again. This time it was my shop...

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Bears are not photogenic.

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The camera is turned, not in the direction it was in before. On the right side of this picture it looks like the face of the bear. The reade...

Monday, October 1, 2007

Nightmare at the Honey House, BEAR!!!!!

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I had a visitor last night. A Black Bear ( Ursus americanus ). It was trying to break into my honey house. Lucky for me it came up short. I ...

Saturday, September 29, 2007

What Lurks In The Dark Near The Beeyard?

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This is a image that I can't figure out. It is around 2 am. May be a raccoon or fox, possibly a young bear. The ear outline is not a dee...

Friday, September 7, 2007

Wintering: Survival of the Most Prepared

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Winter is coming. It is time to get the hives ready. What we need in a properly prepared hive: A strong population, 10 frames of adhering be...

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Jim: Stillwater, Minnesota; I have kept bees for 28 years and run 25 colonies. We have changed our business name to Bees and Honey LLC. We are still selling honey at our Stillwater location. Honey fills (still in Stillwater) anytime but please call

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