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Strumelia's Blog: my bees in Winter
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Friday, February 22, 2013. My bees in Winter. This was not as good a winter for my bees as last year was, for sure- I have so far lost two of my four large hives. However, I was happy to see these two hives flying the other day during a brief warm spell! If they survive til Spring, I'll be splitting them into 4 hives just as soon as there are drones flying. Hope springs eternal! February 25, 2013 at 9:53 PM. How many people get your name, Strumelia? Patrick D. Chappelle. August 29, 2013 at 5:36 PM. Simpl...
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Strumelia's Blog: A new bigger mason bee box
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Sunday, March 18, 2012. A new bigger mason bee box. In a few days I'll be putting the chilled dormant cocoons from last year out to emerge right next to this new nesting box. I'm just waiting until a few more flowers are blooming. It's a very. Early Spring here, but the fruit trees are still not flowering. Right now my 2011 cocoons containing new adult bees are still sleeping safely in my refrigerator veggie crisper drawer. It's almost time for emergence! Labels: mason and solitary bees. My Life with Bees.
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Strumelia's Blog: kitties in the sun...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Kitties in the sun. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Posts sorted by date, starting in 2009. Kitties in the sun. The Old Queen, and a New Queen cell. New hives for Spring. View my complete profile. Other websites I like:. Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. Mason Bee Supplies- Crownbees.com. Solitary Bees- the other pollinators. A friendly beekeeping forum. Other Blogs I like. Appalachian Dulcimer noter and drone blog. Moved Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer site!
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Strumelia's Blog: A new Queen
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Click on the photos and you'll see them bigger). July 7, 2011 at 12:08 PM. We have carniolans and our queens are almost black. July 7, 2011 at 1:00 PM. Hi Michelle, That queen is a mix- possibly some italian and Russians and lots of mutt genes. Another beekeeper said she looked a lot like his Cordovan Italians. July 7, 2011 at 7:15 PM. Shes a beauty :) I like the look of the yellow ones. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Posts sorted by date, starting in 2009. Other Blogs I like.
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Strumelia's Blog: Spicy Dill Pickles with Peppers and Garlic
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Friday, July 22, 2011. Spicy Dill Pickles with Peppers and Garlic. Yesterday I made my second batch of pickles for the year. I'm getting a lot. Labels: bread and cooking. September 7, 2011 at 10:20 AM. Those look yummy. How are your bees doing in this crazy weather? September 7, 2011 at 11:00 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Posts sorted by date, starting in 2009. Spicy Dill Pickles with Peppers and Garlic. More red cabbage salad. Red Cole Slaw and first Green Beans. View my complete profile.
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Strumelia's Blog: A new black queen
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Sunday, June 3, 2012. A new black queen. Last month in May, I split one of my hives and left the queenless half to make a new queen for themselves from existing eggs in the hive. Today, about a month later, I checked in to see if there was a new laying queen. Success! There she was, and there was fresh brood in the hive, proving she was already laying. I was surprised at the new queen's appearance- she is mostly black, and seems a bit longer than my other queens. June 3, 2012 at 4:08 PM. Definitely a mix...
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Strumelia's Blog: My bees in September
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Sunday, September 25, 2011. My bees in September. Here are 4 of my 5 honeybee colonies in late September on a nice sunny day. I also have one more large hive down the road not shown here. These are two full sized hives and two 5-frame nucs (baby hives). I am hoping to bundle the two little nucs together and attempt to overwinter them. It was quite a busy day for them, all in a mad rush bringing in nectar and pollen. Our area is in the midst of goldenrod bloom right now. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Strumelia's Blog: Two honeybee queens
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Now that leaves me with three full sized hives- two in my backyard and one down the road at a friend's house. It's still cold at night here in the 30's, so the bees are not in full speed laying mode yet. A couple weeks ago I switched their brood boxes vertically, to put each brood nest down in the bottom box and an empty comb brood box on the top for each hive to expand upwards into. I replaced the stolen frame with an empty frame from Aurora back to Maybelle. Later on my compute...
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Strumelia's Blog: Tomato season, finally!
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012. Tomato season, finally! Several of today's tomatoes, plus a jar of last year's honey from our own bees. The big pinkish tomato is one of my favorite variety, Prudence Purple. Labels: bread and cooking. August 10, 2012 at 12:45 AM. Nothing tastes quite as good as a tomato straight from the garden. We grew two bushes this year only to have an animal take it all (thinking those sneaky deer were at it again). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Posts sorted by date, starting in 2009.
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Strumelia's Blog: Mason bee females beginning to nest, April 2012
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Sunday, April 22, 2012. Mason bee females beginning to nest, April 2012. Here is a little video taken a few days after the first video. More females will continue to emerge from the old tubes for another week or two, and there are males loitering around the area hoping for that possibility.lol! But the bees in the video that are actively rushing in and out of the new tubes now are almost all nesting females. Labels: mason and solitary bees. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.