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.

Friday, May 23, 2014

Laying Workers and how to prevent them

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I know a beekeeper that had three packages turn to laying workers. Due to a work schedule and bad weather the beekeeper could not get out an...

Monday, May 19, 2014

Jr high school kids bee website

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This is a link to a local Jr high school kids website about bees and CCD. Very good comparisons and thoughtful insight. http://croixsurfer....

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Finally

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Flowering Crab, coming soon. I have dandelions blooming now in Stillwater area. As I have been driving around the metro dandelions are ...

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

queens

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I will be receiving a new shipment of queens on Thursday. Today I am out of Carniolans and have about 8 Italians left.

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Frame managment on a new hive

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New Frame Being Drawn, pic by T. Roska Package bees are expanding their brood nests. The populations are on the upswing. As the hive ge...

Saturday, May 10, 2014

What is happening in our bee world

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Got Dandelions? We need them for pollen and nectar Packages right now are building up. The first delivery bees have had emerging brood ...

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Need Bees?

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Mann Lake Ltd has a shipment of bees coming in May 10th. If you need bees you have to order NOW . http://www.mannlakeltd.com/beekeeping-s...

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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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