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A Swarm in June
A friend of ours found a bee swarm on a sapling in his yard and asked if we might, pretty please, come take it the hell away. Another friend of ours just had all her beehives decimated by a bear, so … Continue reading
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Buzzing
“That buzzing noise means something. Now, the only reason for making a buzzing noise that I know of is because you are… a bee! And the only reason for being a bee is to make honey. And the only reason … Continue reading
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Bees! Bees! Bees!
Our first package of bees arrived tonight and we are incredibly excited! There was a mountain of information to learn, to say nothing of the equipment we needed to acquire and build, prior to being ready to introduce bees to … Continue reading
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Tagged beekeeping, Bees, flowers, hives, honey, nucleus colony, organic farming, package bees
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