Tag Archives: Beekeeping

Mom Gets a Beesuit

Posted on July 20, 2008 by Devin Rose

My mom wanted to inspect the bees with us, so she bought a bee suit! The inspection went well; our Ambrose hive is doing well: They are still very gentle bees; they are bringing in some nectar, though it looks … Continue reading →

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The Augustine Hive Calls It Quits

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Devin Rose

It was an uphill battle for the poor hive since the beginning when we cut them out of my mother’s wall, and finally, the Augustine hive has all died. The moral of the story for me and Katie is: Let … Continue reading →

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Bee Update

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Devin Rose

I would have posted this last week but was annoyed by our bees. The Augustine saga has been: 1. Bee hive cut out of mom’s house and put in our backyard, no queen 2. We give them frame of brood … Continue reading →

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Drama Queen

Posted on May 4, 2008 by Devin Rose

Crazy bees. Katie was weeding the garden yesterday when she urgently called me to come outside: A queen bee was walking around the wooden frame of the raised garden bed, surrounded by her attendant bees; by the fact that the … Continue reading →

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Requeening Ambrose and Augustine

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Devin Rose

Katie and I ordered two new queen bees from B. Weaver apiaries and had them sent to us via express mail, and they arrived last Thursday! We searched through the Ambrose hive but could not find the queen, even after … Continue reading →

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