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Beekeeping Swarms

I’m eyeing one of these for this spring in hopes of catching a swarm. Hopefully I won’t lure a hive of Africanized [killer] bees though!

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You Never Can Tell With Bees

Winnie the Pooh is not manly enough for me to mention here, but the Pooh bear does have great wisdom when it comes to bees. Our queen bee arrived via priority mail yesterday!  We planned to use this queen to … Continue reading

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Swarm Bait Hive

We have only one hive, but we are hoping to expand to two this year by luring a bee swarm into our empty hive box.  If that doesn’t get you excited, I don’t know what will. Bees give off all … Continue reading

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Backyard and Seedlings

Katie and I are getting (more) serious about our backyard garden this year. To help keep the plants watered, we installed a drip irrigation system last weekend. Today I pruned the berry bushes and grapevines, which hopefully will produce some … Continue reading

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Chickens and First Blooms on Coral Vine

The big and little chickens: The coral vine beginning to blossom (with pink flowers), which the bees are gonna love.  My apologies for the bad photo:

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