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, April 28, 2017

Longer Hours

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Now open longer hours on Friday open noon - 6pm Wed. noon - 6 pm Thursday 8 am - 11:45 Friday noon - 6 pm Saturday 9 am - 3 pm

Cold weather and Walk away splits

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The cold weather we have had has put the bees into tighter clusters. With the contracting of the cluster of bees, there will probably be som...

Thursday, April 27, 2017

The fruit bloom and dandelions

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The fruit bloom and the dandelion bloom has begun across the metro area. Traveling to the south metro I saw many dandelions and flowering sh...

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

queens

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The queens have arrived. I have a little prep to do. But I should be ready to sell by 12:30. Limit on queens this week: 3 queens per car.

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Closed May 6th - May 9th

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Nature's Nectar LLC will be closed Saturday May 6th to May 9th. Open on Wed May 10th. Plan your queen purchases accordingly.

3 lb packages-Check for Queen Acceptance Now

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Sugar water in the top cells, pollen is the yellow in the cells, eggs are in the lower cells. The beekeepers that purchased 3 lb packag...

Monday, April 24, 2017

How to do a divide

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A divide is when a strong overwintered colony is split into two hives. If strong overwintered colonies are not split, the hive will more tha...

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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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