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Spring Feeding
1/4-pound pollen patties went on each of my 3 remaining colonies today. My notes show that last year, skunk cabbage was open by March 3, and the maples by March 14. My goal is to have pollen...
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Cold Weather Inspections
Don’t let the cold weather prevent you from inspecting your bees. This is a critical time of year for the bees; if a colony is going to starve, this is the time of year it is likely to happen. Brood...
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Beekeeping Calendar – March 2011
March Calendar What Are The Bees Doing? March is here and with it the promise of the coming Spring! Average daytime high temperature in this area of southwest Michigan for the month of March is 45°F...
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Spring Feeding, cont’d.
I checked the pollen supplement patty status on my three colonies today. The temperature was in the low 40’s, it was overcast, and there was just a little bit of a drizzle; not ideal weather for...
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Fall Feeding
It’s mid-September, the honey supers are off, the extracting equipment is (almost) cleaned and put away. And now is the time to get the bees ready for a long winter’s nap. For me, that means (among...
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Bee Candy
For about 40 years now, the recipe I have used to make bee candy (in this case, Fuller candy) for making candy boards is as follows: 1. Place one pint of water in the bottom of a cooking pot. Add five...
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