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, April 24, 2021

This is the first inspection of a new package bee hive

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Monday, April 19, 2021

Starting a beehive

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I am starting a series of YouTube videos. I will be starting the year with a new package of bees and new frames. This will be for new beeke...

Monday, February 1, 2021

This blog is moving

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To my readers, I am stepping back from my blog. I will be leaving this blog up. If you stumble across this blog, there are 15 years of arch...

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Package Bees or Nucs

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A nuc in May 3 lb package bees in April It is getting close to the time to ordering bees for the upcoming bee season. The question I get a...

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Doldrums of January

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In the hive not much has changed. The bees are on the frames of honey eating their food source to produce energy to produce heat for the cl...

Saturday, January 2, 2021

Happy New Year - What is happening in the hive in January and Ordering Bees

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Need Bees: Here is a link to Nature's Nectar Bee Order Form Dead bees in front of the hive is normal. Right now the bees are jus...

Saturday, December 26, 2020

Christmas bird count

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We participated in the annual Christmas bird count today. No odd birds at all this year. We were lacking a couple species that we have seen...

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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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