Category: bees

Here’s what’s growing on…

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I’m Bad

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I’m bad. I just typed a huge long post and lost it! Now it’s double bad as it’s been over a year and I haven’t blogged. The gardens were great earlier this year. Nicely weeded – they looked like they belonged in a magazine. So why didn’t I take pictures? Beats me. We have been… Continue reading I’m Bad

Hey, where did the queen go?

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Keith went it and checked the bees.  I mentioned before that we installed two packages two weeks ago.  He needed to go in and make sure the queen was doing her thing.  Well, one of them was not doing her thing.  No eggs, no drones, and no brood.  A sure sign the queen was not… Continue reading Hey, where did the queen go?

Bees…..

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We just installed two packages of Russian bees.  We now have 5 hives.  One however, we don’t think is doing very well.  Time will tell.