Bee Keeping

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Some new reading material!

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Reversed the brood boxes, added a pollen trap, and threw a honey super on.

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if any of you "bee-keepers" get to where you can sell honey i would love to buy some.

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okay

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Someone made a comment to me that they thought it looked like this hive would blow over.
So I made some changes.

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Strapped & weighted down.

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http://world.mintnewsblog.com/2013/03/r ... pril-2013/

I would like this coin but, anyone who pays $70 for a $3 coin will find the road to expanding his apiary to be very long and bumpy.

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Mystery Malady Kills More Bees, Heightening Worry on Farms
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/scien ... .html?_r=0

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Got a package off bees from Kelley's for another hive Monday.
These are the meanest bees I have ever fooled with.
Normally packaged bees are real docile since they have nothing to defend (no brood or stores).
Not these bees.
I have never been attacked like that.
My other bees are kittens compared to these assholes.

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Went out to the bee-yard today to give them (the new hive) some syrup.
They seemed to have settled down some.
Acting like normal bees, thank goodness.

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I think I am going to try and leave them alone until Saturday or Sunday.
Then I am going to give a frame of capped brood & stores taken from the developed hive to boost population.

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Expecting an Italian queen to arrive at the post office today.
Have a new hive setup and waiting on her.
This will make hive number 3.

Gonna get some more material to finish up a forth hive.

Trying to increase the amount of hives I have.

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https://kelleybees.com/Newsletter/june- ... letter.pdf

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Inspection of Hive 1




Finally beginning to draw out the honey super!



Strong laying Queen.
Board to board Brood.

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Hive 2
Started from a package in early April.













Really happy in how well this one has taken off.

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Hive 3
This hive was started by taking frames of bees from the other two hives.
Found lots of Queen Cells (looks like peanuts hanging down).
They are creating their own Queen from eggs that I stole from Hive 2.
Only one Queen will survive.
First one out will kill the others.


Keeping an entrance reducer on them until they are stronger.



Queen Cells on this frame.


Another frame with more Queen Cells.

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Kelley Newsletter:
http://app.newpanda.com/public/sharedim ... letter.pdf

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PHOTO: Josh Kennett's beekeeper suit for his dog trained to sniff out the bee disease American foulbrood.

Working dogs have always been a revered part of life in rural Australia.

Australia's 'winery dogs' have several volumes of books documenting their role in the vineyards.

But to date, little has been said for the apiary dog.

More than likely, that's because dogs can't get near a hive of bees without being aggressively chased away.

This was the problem beekeeper Josh Kennett encountered when he began training a black Labrador named Bazz to sniff out the nasty bee disease American foulbrood.

The beekeeper, from Tintinara in South Australia's south-east, says that while there are dogs doing similar work in the United States, the cold temperatures there negate the need for protection.

"Their winters are far colder than ours, with snow over the top of beehives. We don't have that situation here in South Australia.

"So I've tried to develop a suit the dog can wear and hopefully avoid being stung."

Mr Kennett says after a long process of trial and error, he's finally got a working prototype.

The process of training his dog and developing the suit has been an attempt to find a better way of controlling American foulbrood.

The disease devastates beehives, and to date there's no cure for it, so good control and quarantine are essential in apiaries across Australia.

After a lengthy training regime, and with a suit ready to go, Mr Kennett's dog is ready for action.

"We've now proven the concept, he can find the infected hives.

"The only challenge now is getting the dog comfortable with the suit. It's hard to change a dog's habits overnight.

"To fully cover a dog up and expect it to do the same thing, it takes time to change how he behaves and to get used to that suit."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-03/b ... og/4795960

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any honey for sale???

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Not yet.