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To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few.
-Emily Dickinson

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Nectar Flow and Honey Super Inspection

May 13, 2012 Marg

The bees work hard during a nectar flow, and Margaret inspects a honey super.

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Filed under: Summer

First Bee Sting of the Season.

kimmarg

Well, today I managed to get a bee sting, and I wasn’t even poking through the hives.  I had just…

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Filed under: Spring

Hive Check up

May 6, 2012 Marg

Well it’s been a busy spring with 3 hives. We have 2 more hive inspections to tell you all about.…

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Dizzying Heights and Stinging Insects

May 4, 2012 kimmarg

Ok, after a year of blogging with Margaret, I got myself my own blog invite for posting to our Beekeeping…

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Filed under: Adventures

Hiving bees in April 2012

May 2, 2012 Marg

Here is a video of our days activities from a couple of weeks ago:

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Filed under: Beginner

New Hives!

April 15, 2012 Marg

In the depths of winter Santa left a note under the tree indicating an order for two hives would arrive…

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Filed under: Beginner, Equipment, Spring

Spring Check, April 4

Marg

I checked the bees on April 4 while Rob was out of town. They were truckin’ right along. After our…

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Filed under: Spring

The Bee’s Knees!

March 26, 2012 Marg

I was surprised when looking through my copy of “The Hive and The Honey Bee” this last week to learn…

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Filed under: Science

Bee Movie

Marg 1 Comment

Well it’s finally here, the premier of the next bee movie. It is now cold and rainy again, so not…

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Filed under: Spring

When irish bees are flying…

March 22, 2012 Marg 1 Comment

As I mentioned in the last update, we inspected the bees on St. Patrick’s Day. It seemed like a warm…

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Filed under: Spring

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