Tag Archives: queen

Winter Bee Hives Losses and Lessons

I have now gone though all my hives. My  last post was about what that entailed. This post is about the results, what I saw for good and for bad, and the result of an experiment. The Overall Results This … Continue reading

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New Queens in New Hives

New queens have arrived and are installed. What I did. What happened. 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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Grafting Honeybee Larvae to Make Queen Cells

Grafting honeybee larvae to create queen cells. Continue reading

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Making Splits With Swarm Cells

Using swarm cells with developing queens to create honeybee nucleus hives (nucs). What I look for in a queen cell: description and location. Photos from Cyberbee.net: Dr. Zachary Huang, Department of Entomology, Michigan State University. Continue reading

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Water For Bees & Successful Queen Breeding

Three ways to give honey bees water. Continue reading

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