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Greg's Bee Adventure: Mite Away Quick Strips
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Greg's Bee Adventure - Hornsby Hollow Honey. Monday, April 21, 2014. Mite Away Quick Strips. This morning Dad and I put in Mite Away Quick Strips (MAQS) for mite control. We placed two strips in each bottom brood box and put the hive back together. We took the entrance reducer out per the instructions. It will be interesting to see the mite drop in a week. The boxes were bursting with bees! Sorry I didn't get any pictures. I'll try to not be in such a hurry next week when we take the strips off.
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Greg's Bee Adventure: February 2013
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Greg's Bee Adventure - Hornsby Hollow Honey. Wednesday, February 27, 2013. History, genealogy, and beekeeping. My Grandfather on my Father's side of the family came out of Cades Cove, which is now a part of the Smoky Mountains National Park on the TN-NC border. Most of the residents left the park in the 1930s. Here's some other folk's bees:. I don't think Bess Myers is directly related to Dan Myers. Links to this post. Sunday, February 24, 2013. Things are really starting to happen around here! We ran ou...
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Greg's Bee Adventure: I've got bees!
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Greg's Bee Adventure - Hornsby Hollow Honey. Saturday, April 5, 2014. Lots and lots and lots of bees! One of the hives didn't seem too busy coming and going, but when I went into the hive, there were thousands of bees everywhere! I was so happy. I finally got some through the winter. However, the top super where I thought they'd all be was still full of capped syrup/honey from last fall. The other hive was the same way. Lots of bees and the top super was full of syrup/honey, too. Time to make the honey!
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Greg's Bee Adventure: October 2013
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Greg's Bee Adventure - Hornsby Hollow Honey. Tuesday, October 1, 2013. End of the 10-Frame Hive. I've thought about this and studied about this and don't have any definite answers. But we went into the 10-frame hive today and it had bees inside, and lots of pretty comb, but no eggs, no brood, no honey, and no queen. Just lots of worker bees and drones. So here's the 10-frame hive now:. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). 2-Mile Radiuis Mapping Tool. What Kind Of Nectar Is Out There Now?
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Greg's Bee Adventure: March 2013
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Greg's Bee Adventure - Hornsby Hollow Honey. Thursday, March 28, 2013. I have two packages coming from Walter T. Kelley, and two nucs coming from Holcomb's Garden Supply in Chattanooga, so I'll have bees next month. At least they'll all have nice furnished homes to live in, so hopefully they'll build up quickly. Links to this post. Saturday, March 16, 2013. Links to this post. Monday, March 11, 2013. Also, the 10-frame hive didn't have much activity at the entrance, so I popped the top and peeped in....
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Greg's Bee Adventure: April 2013
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Greg's Bee Adventure - Hornsby Hollow Honey. Friday, April 26, 2013. 4/25 Cherokee Beekeepers Meeting. Links to this post. Monday, April 22, 2013. Package Installation Part 3. As I said previously, the Kelley packages are not tight fitting at the top. Here is a picture of what it looks like after the can and queen box is removed:. Now that I know, I'll know what to expect in the future. If anyone else plans on ordering from WTK, keep this in mind and be ready. So now I guess I'm back in the bee business!
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Greg's Bee Adventure: April 2014
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Greg's Bee Adventure - Hornsby Hollow Honey. Sunday, April 27, 2014. Time to make the honey! Went out today and got the MAQS out of the hives. Put a super on each one. Cleaned the SHB trays under the hives. Ready for honey now! SHB tray after mite treatment:. Bottom brood box with MAQS:. Super and inner cover on:. Dad putting the lid on the second hive:. The work wagon after working the hives:. Links to this post. Monday, April 21, 2014. Mite Away Quick Strips. The boxes were bursting with bees! It was a...
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Greg's Bee Adventure: May 2013
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Greg's Bee Adventure - Hornsby Hollow Honey. Friday, May 31, 2013. Lots of things going on (and not going on). Went to the Cherokee Beekeepers Association last night and we had a fairly good crowd. The presentation was Ten Ways To Kill Your Bees Dead. I agree that the presented methods will definitely kill your bees. Links to this post. Saturday, May 18, 2013. Nectar in Tennessee - Where? The link for the page is here:. I tried to post it here, but I don't know enough about formatting to make it fit.
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Greg's Bee Adventure: Ready For Winter
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Greg's Bee Adventure - Hornsby Hollow Honey. Monday, November 18, 2013. The top feeders and robber screens are off the hives now and the entrance reducers are set to the smallest opening. The SHB oil pans are empty and clean and reinserted. The telescoping covers are slid forward so the inner-cover notch is exposed. I am hoping there's enough clearance around the oil pans in the bottom that there will be sufficient ventilation in the hive like this, while keeping it warm inside. View my complete profile.
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Greg's Bee Adventure: June 2013
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Greg's Bee Adventure - Hornsby Hollow Honey. Wednesday, June 26, 2013. I Hived A Swarm Today. What a time Dad and I had today! There's been a swarm living in the swarm trap for over a month now, but I haven't been able to do anything with it until now. I got an 8-frame hive assembly ready to put the swarm from the swarm trap in. The swarm trap is one of those flowerpot looking things from WT Kelley. But at least now I can say that I've tried it. Links to this post. Friday, June 21, 2013. Didn't see any S...
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