Beekeeping – The Urban Homestead

POLLEN NATION

Posted by Justin on June 2, 2011

I’m no scientist (ha) but here’s some unscientific tangible proof that if there are “no bees, there’s no food” …

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RE-QUEENING

Posted by Justin on May 17, 2011

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DOWNSIZING THE HONEY COMB

Posted by Justin on May 12, 2011

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SILENT SPRING

Posted by Anais Dervaes on February 15, 2011

Eight species from a…

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HOMESTEAD HONEY HARVEST

Posted by Anais Dervaes on July 20, 2010

After a cold and drizzling beginning to July which delayed us a few week, and ‘thanks’ to the hot weather, we got around to extracting honey and bringing in…

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BEE LINE!

Posted by Anais Dervaes on June 17, 2010

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URBAN BEES: REQUEENING

Posted by Justin on June 8, 2010

Since we captured that feral freebee swarm back in April 2007, we’ve…

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SAYONARA SUMMER

Posted by Anais Dervaes on September 25, 2009

{note: this entry was written over ONE week ago, and delayed in publishing by the injured duck…

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NOW THERE ARE TWO

Posted by Anais Dervaes on May 10, 2009

Off comes the top box with the second queen that they isolated a few days ago

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BEEING DIVIDED

Posted by Anais Dervaes on April 24, 2008

The old hive get’s taken apart by Mr Beekeeper. He’s gentle and the bees don’t seem to mind him…

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