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A Winter Beard
Our little blog has been dormant for months, but our mighty hive is alive and kicking. Early last September we harvested over twenty pounds of honey, a 225% increase from our first-ever harvest in 2010. We were surprised by the … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Chicago, History, Uncategorized
Tagged bearding, bees died, harvest, urban beekeeping, winter
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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
Posted in Basics, Events, Uncategorized
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
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Tagged Dadant, formic acid, inside the hive, Kress Apiary, tough love, urban beekeeping
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Our First Colony: The Final Chapter
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. ~ Carol Sobieski and Thomas Meehan, Annie It’s been two months since we lost our hive. Though I’ve always believed that something good can spring from even … Continue reading
On Your Mark, Get Set…Wait.
The paint was still wet when I made my second call to Bob the bee man last Sunday. “We’re ready for our bees,” I said only slightly aware that I sounded like a giddy teenager. As with most things in … Continue reading
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