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Preparing Boxes for Splits and Supers

Posted on May 12, 2014 by brookfieldfarmhoney

How I clean boxes and frames & Organizing drawn comb and foundation to create splits and supers. Continue reading →

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Boxes and Frames : A Winter’s Tale

Posted on January 11, 2014 by brookfieldfarmhoney

I received a call once from a young lady who wanted to see if her husband could “experience a day as a beekeeper” – a birthday present. Somehow I don’t think she meant: sit in a room in mid-winter with … 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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Painless Bee Hive Frame Making and Preping Human House for Sale

Posted on May 26, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

How beekeeper Bean manages to save her back when making bee boxes and assembling hive frames by using a small, portable stool and working on the floor of her hayloft 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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Hive Configuration at Brookfield Farm

Posted on January 25, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

The bee hive configuration (the hive set-up) used at Brookfield Farm in Maple Falls, Washington. From the ground up: stand, bottom screen, boxes, collars, tops. Continue reading →