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Participating in a Bee Health Survey

What I’m doing as part of the on-going beeinformed.org bee health survey. Continue reading

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Bee Health Survey & Tropilaelaps Mites

Brookfield Farm participates in the USDA survey of honey bee pests and diseases : the search for exotic pests including the asian Tropilaelaps mite. Continue reading

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How Much Honey Per Hive?

How much honey per hive in western Washington state. General information, factors that affect harvest, amounts from 2014 harvest. Continue reading

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Two Hives In One

Finding two queens and their colonies living in one hive during post winter check up. Continue reading

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Mites That Might Eat Mites

Results from my test of the effect of predatory mites, Stratiolaelaps scimitus (aka Hypoaspis) on varroa mites in 4 of my beehives last summer. Continue reading

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Do Natural Treatments Work (on my hives)?

Some test results from my bee hives and my conclusions from 2013 bee health survey. Continue reading

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Busy August At Brookfield Farm

An August overview from Stratiolaelaps scimitus mites and anti-AFB phages, to building equipment and hiking Continue reading

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