Monthly Archives: July 2011
Do As He Says, Not As He Does
Sunday night. It’s hot. We’re tired. Our bodies are rebelling against us after a six hour road trip. The sun is setting, and our bees are settling in for the evening. We wanted to curl up with a slice of … Continue reading
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Tagged lessons learned, stings, Two-Face, urban beekeeping
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A Little Tough Love at the Hive
When we picked up our new bees in late May, Bob the Beeman from Kress Apiary handed us a clear plastic packet containing something that resembled refrigerated pie dough. In fact it contained two formic acid strips. On an earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Resources, Uncategorized
Tagged Dadant, formic acid, inside the hive, Kress Apiary, tough love, urban beekeeping
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With a New Colony Comes New Lessons
When our first colony of bees died this spring, we knew almost immediately that we would start again with a new colony. Though we’d only been at it for a year, we loved beekeeping too much to simply throw in … Continue reading
