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, October 26, 2014

ProSweet and change in hours

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We do have ProSweet available for any late feeding. Starting November 1st, our hours will be changing. November hours: Wednesday 5pm - 7...

Monday, October 20, 2014

Wintering Bees

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This is how I winter my bees. I learned this from attending the Univ of MN Beekeeping Short Course 25 years ago. It worked then and works to...

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Support the Bee Squad

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Come to Billy's on Grand Ave and drink some Honey Weiss Beer

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Varroa Symptom

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I have had a few phone calls from beekeepers that told me all their bees absconded from their colonies. The bees were gone or had very few l...

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Package Bees 2015

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I had a lengthy conversation today with Ray my package bee supplier. He was telling me about his year. California as you know is in the g...

Friday, October 10, 2014

Late Feeding

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The time is running out for feeding. The next week looks good for temperatures. The bees should take the feed down still. It could be a cold...

Monday, October 6, 2014

ProSweet

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I will have more ProSweet now.

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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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