Tag Archives: Mt. Vernon

An Idea for Practicing Grafting Honeybee Larvae

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

A recap of our group’s queen bee grafting endeavors, and an idea on how to practice grafting honeybee larvae without a cell builder to test one’s grafts Continue reading →

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Queen Rearing – A Sequence of Events – Part 1: Shaking Bees

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

Gathering nurse bees using a honeybee shaker box – part 1 of a series on our on-going queen rearing project at Bruce Bowen Bees in Mt. Vernon, Washington Continue reading →

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Feeding Honeybees in the Fall – 2 different apiaries

Posted on October 31, 2010 by

Feeding honeybees at two different beekeepers operations: a 40 hive farm and a 1000 hive operation. Karen Bean, of Brookfield Farm, Maple Falls, Washington with 40 hives feeds by hand. Bruce Bowen with 1000 hives uses pumps. Continue reading →

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Preparing for Nucs at a 700 Colony Operation

Posted on April 20, 2010 by

Sorting out waxed, plastic honeybee foundation and preparing nucleus (nuc) boxes with Bruce Bowen, of Bruce Bowen’s Bees, in Mt. Vernon, Washington. Continue reading →

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