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.

Saturday, March 31, 2018

Frame setup for package bees

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This is a pic of an existing hive setup for package bees. The frames in this case, are already drawn out comb, six mostly empty frames and ...

Another cold weather installation video.

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This is another cold weather package bee install. I did not use sugar spray on the bees. Also, I used a marshmallow for releasing the queen....

Friday, March 30, 2018

Cold weather bee installation

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I made this video a couple years ago but never published it. I felt it was appropriate for the cold weather that we will be having with the ...

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Bee Delivery Update

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The bee delivery dates that I posted April 7th - 8th - 2 lb packages and April 14th and 15th - 3 lb packages I did talk to our bee suppli...

Monday, March 26, 2018

Online shopping at Nature's Nectar Online

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https://naturesnectaronline.com/ Nature's Nectar online is now up and running. It is being run by Tom and Jessie Minser out of North Br...

Are you ready for bees?

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Our first delivery of bees is less than two weeks away. Remember, on the days we are passing out bees, our store will be closed. We will o...

Friday, March 23, 2018

Honeybees at the Joshua Tree National Park

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Jason found these wild honeybees in a downed tree at Joshua Tree National Park. Desert country in California.

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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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