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, November 25, 2016

Making Creamed Honey

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This time of year I always make several batches of creamed honey. I give them away for holiday gifts to friends and family. Creamed honey ...

Saturday, November 19, 2016

Covering Hives

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Now that winter is back. It is not imperative to cover hives right away. If you can do it now, great. The bees are ok in this weather. But t...

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

How do we get reinfested with mites

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This colony was treated in August with Mite Away Quick Strips. The hive had a low mite count after treatment. As fall progressed, the hiv...

Monday, November 14, 2016

Covering Hives

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I think hives could be covered at any time now. The weather next Saturday looks like it is going more towards our traditional late November ...

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Clarification

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There has been some confusion of when to treat with Oxalic Acid. The treatment should be done when it is around 40 degrees at the time of ...

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Why we treat with Oxalic Acid in late fall

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A beekeeper treated her hive with a vaporizer last Saturday morning. It was around 40 degrees. This pic shows the mite drop two days after t...

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Our Warm Weather

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This warm weather we are experiencing is letting beekeepers with not quite enough honey stores, some added time to get feed into the colony....

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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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