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Zulu Bees: December 2011
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My experiences as a New Beekeeper in North Carolina. Wednesday, December 21, 2011. So I am walking in the yard, and see a Yellow jacket walking Oh so brazenly into one of the hives. Now a week back I checked the heft (weight) of all the hives and this one was a tad lighter than others. So I panic. good reaction. Having lifted the super I know why the hive is light, as I check the frames (still without any gear), I find all 4 frames on West side are empty. Still watching out for the damn Yellow Jacket too.
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Zulu Bees: December 2012
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My experiences as a New Beekeeper in North Carolina. Monday, December 31, 2012. Not much going on at this time of the year. Sadly lost one of the Boy Scout hives, but the other is strong and will watch it on warm days. My 4 hives all seem to be ok, even though one is very small and not likely to make it all winter, should have done a combine. Haven't had any time to pick up the last hive still sitting at Wally's, last he checked it was fine. Happy New Year and happy beekeeping. Links to this post.
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Zulu Bees: Cold wet December
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My experiences as a New Beekeeper in North Carolina. Monday, December 31, 2012. Not much going on at this time of the year. Sadly lost one of the Boy Scout hives, but the other is strong and will watch it on warm days. My 4 hives all seem to be ok, even though one is very small and not likely to make it all winter, should have done a combine. Haven't had any time to pick up the last hive still sitting at Wally's, last he checked it was fine. Happy New Year and happy beekeeping. View my complete profile.
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Zulu Bees: Unique bee hives in China
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My experiences as a New Beekeeper in North Carolina. Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Unique bee hives in China. Imagine having to work these hives. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Unique bee hives in China. Beautiful multi colored hives. Beautiful multi colored bee hives. Married , 2 kids, Active Homebrewer in the Battleground Brewers Guild. Enjoy projects and gardening, thus the Hops project and now Bee Keeping. View my complete profile. Picture Window template. Powered by Blogger.
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Zulu Bees: Feeding piped in
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My experiences as a New Beekeeper in North Carolina. Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Hives in Taiwan with covers and feeding pipes. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Unique bee hives in China. Beautiful multi colored hives. Beautiful multi colored bee hives. Married , 2 kids, Active Homebrewer in the Battleground Brewers Guild. Enjoy projects and gardening, thus the Hops project and now Bee Keeping. View my complete profile. Picture Window template. Powered by Blogger.
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Zulu Bees: Beautiful multi colored bee hives
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My experiences as a New Beekeeper in North Carolina. Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Beautiful multi colored bee hives. Bee hives can be any color under the sun, look how interesting they can be. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Unique bee hives in China. Beautiful multi colored hives. Beautiful multi colored bee hives. Married , 2 kids, Active Homebrewer in the Battleground Brewers Guild. Enjoy projects and gardening, thus the Hops project and now Bee Keeping. View my complete profile.
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Zulu Bees: Tough Winter
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My experiences as a New Beekeeper in North Carolina. Wednesday, March 6, 2013. From 7 hives , down to 2 , but two very strong hives at least. Probably magnified by my own lack of proper winter prep. Did not add top feeders like last year as the weather turned while I was away. But yet again the Wayne's bees have proven to be the solid survivors. Warm weather this weekend according to the forecast , so will be opening the hives to check on health. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Zulu Bees: August 2011
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My experiences as a New Beekeeper in North Carolina. Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Damn Small Hive Beatles are a pain. While I Have not yet seen any damage inside the hives, I certainly am seeing plenty of beatles in all but the big hive. The big hive has some mean bees at times, so my guess is that they also go after the beatles like they go after me :-). I have done a permethrin soil drench and we have not had much rain, so it should work, will do another drench this coming weekend. After 3 days I checked...
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Zulu Bees: February 2012
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My experiences as a New Beekeeper in North Carolina. Friday, February 10, 2012. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Married , 2 kids, Active Homebrewer in the Battleground Brewers Guild. Enjoy projects and gardening, thus the Hops project and now Bee Keeping. View my complete profile. Picture Window template. Powered by Blogger.
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Zulu Bees: May 2011
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My experiences as a New Beekeeper in North Carolina. Tuesday, May 24, 2011. So yesterday we opened all 4 hives. Been feeding the 3 new hives for last week or so, boy are they drinking up the syrup. Up to a gallon in 36 hrs. Was worried the feeder was leaking , so checked the other hives and all are the same . busy bees. I added some Honey Bee Healthy to the syrup, and this certainly had them excited. I have discovered a new sw , that works wonderfully to keep track and record my hives. So in my case I cr...