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An Idea for Practicing Grafting Honeybee Larvae

Posted on July 27, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

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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Grafting Honeybee Larvae to Make Queen Cells

Posted on July 19, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

Grafting honeybee larvae to create queen cells. Continue reading →

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Workers and Queen Cells Unite! Adventures in Queen Rearing, Part 2

Posted on July 10, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

Our group puts the gathered nurse honeybees and a queen cell into mini-mating nuclei (nucs) to allow the queen bee to emerge and begin to lay eggs. Continue reading →

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

Posted on July 1, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

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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3 New Bee Yards for Brookfield Farm Honeybees

Posted on June 9, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

Beehives from Brookfield Farm Bees And Honey, head out to three new bee yards at fabulous Whatcom County, Washington farms including Spring Frog Farm at Holistic Homestead and The Carrot And Stick Continue reading →

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Bee Health Survey & Tropilaelaps Mites

Posted on May 12, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

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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Spring Hive Assessment at Brookfield Farm

Posted on March 24, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

How the honeybees are checked in the spring at Brookfield Farm Bees And Honey’s bee yards which are all near Maple Falls, Washington. And a video shot of the bee yard Continue reading →

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Bring Out Your Dead : Winter Bee Hive Declines

Posted on March 19, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

Winter bee hive losses : what they mean to the beekeeper, what happens next. And my first video shot on an ipod – view of part of our farm bee yard and the beekeeper. Continue reading →

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Building Boxes & When Orders Go Wrong

Posted on February 16, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

Building bee boxes in a small living room at Brookfield Farm, Maple Falls, Washington. Plus a tale of when orders go wrong. Continue reading →

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Going Native With Bees

Posted on January 18, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

Native bees as pollinators in our gardens. No honey, but good pollination. Bumblebees and orchard mason bees highlighted. Information on bees, habitat, housing, flowers, and life sequences. Continue reading →