Category Archives: Beekeeping

The honey bee’s have officially ditched us

Posted on July 31, 2010 by robin

That is about all there is to it. We will try again when we find another swarm. I’m thinking that we aren’t likely to find another wild swarm this year as it is late in the season. So I guess … Continue reading →

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Ants on the bee box

Posted on July 28, 2010 by robin

Lee and I have been fretting over our bees here. We haven’t been seeing much activity outside the bee box ever since we captured the honey bees. The most activity we saw was the following two days after capturing the … Continue reading →

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Photo documentary of Lee collecting wild honey bees

Posted on July 23, 2010 by robin

A bee swarm forms down at my Uncle’s house. We jump in the car and drive down there quick. The bees are up in a tree so a ladder is found and legs are adjusted. The ladder is put in … Continue reading →

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The swarm that got away

Posted on June 24, 2010 by lee

You’re never going to believe this. I hardly believe it, and it happened to us! In a recent post about bee boxes, I mentioned that we planned to capture wild swarms to start our hives. We’ve since finished the boxes. … Continue reading →

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Starting on our bee boxes

Posted on June 4, 2010 by lee

We started putting our bee boxes together tonight. We purchased the equipment unassembled at a local beekeeping shop. In the future, we might build some of our equipment, but there’s probably not that much money to be saved either way. … Continue reading →

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