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.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

New Movie - Queen of the Sun

This is a new movie coming out Spring 2011. Double click on the movie for full screen.

I forwarded this e-mail about the movie Queen of the Sun

Here is an up coming event we and the Bee Lab received about an upcoming event: I am writing you again because i strongly feel that...

Saturday, February 19, 2011

The Almond Trees are blooming

Mating nuc's for queen cells. Many queen producers have thousands of these mini nuc's spread around the countryside near their drone...

Sunday, February 13, 2011

A beekeeper checked his hive today

This is normal, dead bees in front, brown snow from cleansing flights. It is not nosema or the hive dying. Jim John checked his colony today...

Mite Away Quick Strips have EPA approval

PRESS RELEASE - MAQS Receives Federal Registration in United States Press Release – NOD Apiary Products Receives Federal Registration...

What caused this?

A beekeeper sent me these pictures in hopes of trying to figure out what did this. I thought a bear at first because of the elevation of the...

Is this a common picture across the state of MN?

An e-mail sent to me. On 2/13/11 6:48 AM Jim, I went out to check on my hive yesterday and found all the bees had died. I went thru all the...

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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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