Author name: Glen Colbert

Beekeeping Experiences

Closing Out Year 1 – Nov 23

What an interesting year.  It has been a real learning experience.  I’m fairly confident that there are more interesting things to learn during Year 2.  I have to say, year 1 exceeded my expectations. The weather has gone unseasonably cold early in November this year.  I have not gotten into the hives this month and

Beekeeping Experiences

Bizzaro Queen Search – Aug 18th

Ran out this morning and bought a replacement queen for the “Bees Rules” hive. Very carefully went through every frame multiple times to find the queen(s). Only found one nicely plump queen with all of her bits and pieces in place (on the 23rd frame I checked). Caught her in a clip and went through

Bee Hive Decisions

Sustainability Planning

One of the current problems that bee keepers are having relates to low hive survival rates, particularly over the Winter.  A lot of hobbyist bee keepers just accept the losses and buy replacement bees in the Spring.  I think I need a more sustainable approach. I would prefer to just have one single beehive.  Unfortunately,

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