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Tag Archives: bee
The Bees are Back in Town
It was the first time looking at the bees since November. Good news and bad news. The good news is that 4 of the colonies are doing great. Below is an image of one of the Nucs that wintered on … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, beekeeping, bees, farm, hive, honey, honeybee, Overland Apiaries, winter
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Be good to your bees; they can recognize you!
Bees Can Recognize Human Faces http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=bees-can-recognize-human-faces-10-02-01
Apiary Update – Up to 6 Hives
Lots of activity in the bee yard this weekend… Found some queen cups and cells in Macintosh – here you can see a new queen is chewing her way out of the bottom of the circled cell. The bees have … Continue reading
Is that a honey bee in a buoy?
My friend Juli thought she might have a swarm of honey bees in a lobster buoy on her front porch (this is, after all, Maine). So, I went over to look at lunchtime, as the prospect of a swarm to … Continue reading
How to get rid of ants in a honey bee hive
Damn ants took advantage of my two weak nuc (nucleus) hives and crawled up and infested the place. They were there to steal the 1:1 sugar:water syrup that I had left to feed weak bees, as it was going to … Continue reading
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Tagged ant, bee, beekeeping, bees, cinnamon, hive, honeybee, nuc, Overland Apiaries
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Stencil Painting a Bee Hive
Shown below are the stencils steps used in painting up a hive for the honeybees at The Finson Farm in Southern Maine. I used spray interior/exterior Rustoleum Ultra Color gloss spraypaint. I’ll let you know how it hold up to … Continue reading
Sausalito Team Wins Häagen-Dazs-UC Davis Honey Bee Haven Design Competition
Sausalito Team Wins Häagen-Dazs-UC Davis Honey Bee Haven Design Competition http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/news/honeybeehavenwinner.html The Sausalito-based Sibbett Group created a series of interconnected gardens with such names as “Honeycomb Hideout,” “Nectar Nook” and “Pollinator Patch” to win the international bee-friendly garden design competition, … Continue reading
What honeybees want to “eat” and when they want to eat it, in Maine
In October I went to an interesting talk at the Cumberland County Beekeepers Association. It featured a retired Biologist (and beekeeper named Matt Scott) who spoke about “Bee Pasturage” and had a slide show that showed a number of the … Continue reading