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No, not a mis-spelling, just a stupid pun. My friend Jen* just sent me a link to this article about people who take the whole “beard of bees” thing do another level: Crazy People Who …

Thanks all for the advice on what do with my “bad queen” hive (Queens aplenty). The consensus seemed to be that my best course of action would be to replace the queen as quickly as …

Bad news on the bee front. Truth is I could use some advice. First, though, the story to this point: as previously blogged, my two hives died overwinter, so I ordered two new colonies through …

Branden posted this link as a comment a previous post: Cure For Honey Bee Colony Collapse?. The article says, in part: In a study published in the new journal from the Society for Applied Microbiology: …

I decided to take advantage of the fact that I have a clean slate to work with (my hives having died over winter) and fix some problems with my set-up. For one, as previously noted, …

I’ve got my order in for two 4 lbs packages of bees. This year, I’m getting my bees through the Whidbey Island Beekeeper’s Association (the “Whidbees”), so I had the option of getting Carniolan queens …

I wanted to briefly bubble up a couple interesting notes from private messages and the comments section of previous posts: Consensus is that the reason store bought honey tends to stay liquid longer than “craft” …

Well, I lost my second hive to the extra cold winter, although I have no doubt that the cold weather merely delivered the final cut, it was mites that left them weakened. To better address …

I’m not really sure who this will disturb more, the people who enjoy my honey or the people who get in my hot tub. Either way, I’m feeling pretty clever. Here’s the problem: properly extracted …