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7/1/2023

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5/29/2023

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Guys, I finally did a mite check and it was EASY! So easy! I'm going to tell you how right here because I wish I would have done it last year but it seemed intimidating.

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My bees from last year died out over the winter. One hive was still going in February, but apparently not going strong. By the end of March they were dead. So in April I started watching for new bees.

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It's easy, but misleading, to anthropomorphize bees. They really don't see their queen as a leader. They work together, they communicate with each other, and they have specialized roles to fill. In fact, worker bees chan...

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The common objective for every honeybee in a hive is to make more bees like itself. The colony uses a unique strategy: a single egg layer (the queen) is supported by all of the other females (the workers).

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I've read a lot of beekeeping posts about how to choose a location for your hives. It seems like most of them are about whether to site a colony so it gets sunlight early in the day, or so that it is screened from the ne...

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My sister and I took advantage of a rare warm February day in Northeast Ohio to check the honeybee hives last week. One hive had died. I swept these bees out of the bottom. There was honey, so they had food. No signs of ...

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If you wear a beekeeping suit and gloves, can you get stung? The answer is \"yes\". I got stung three times last summer wearing the outfit you see here: suit with attached veil and gloves.

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