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Hive Installation at Sunshine Community Gardens
Saturday morning I picked up two packages from BeeWeaver with my first stop being a hive installation at Sunshine Community Gardens. Here is the package sitting on top of their new home. Jean has a plot at the garden and … Continue reading
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Stress Testing the New Suit
One easy way to test that your suit is indeed bee proof is to simply knock over your hive. I find this gets the bees rather worked up and in fighting spirits. In my attempt today to confirm or deny … Continue reading
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The best-laid plans of bees and men…
I believe Knives’ hive may now be Knives-less. I inspected the hive this past weekend and didn’t see any sign of the queen and, more importantly, no signs of eggs either. I didn’t see any the previous weekend, but my … Continue reading
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I think my suit is actually -5 against bees
After 4 solid days of wet cold weather in Austin, the sky opened up Sunday afternoon to clear blue skies and sun. I took the opportunity to check in on Knives’ hive as there is the potential for more wet … Continue reading
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Where’s Geraldo When You Need Him?
I may be seriously dating myself with this reference, but after Konrad picked up Large Marge’s hive from Baab-Brock farms, he had one more “hive” pickup for the evening. A vacant home in North Austin had a suspected hive in … Continue reading
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Thanks for the memories…
Large Marge has now officially joined the Round Rock Honey empire. Last night, Konrad and Lance came out to Baab-Brock farms after sunset to get the hive all trussed up and ready for transport to a remote location where they … Continue reading
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Lessons Learned
While we are still putting together a game plan on moving Marge’s hive, I thought it would be a good idea to run a post mortem on my experience with this hive. Not only will it help me formalize my … Continue reading
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When Good Girls Go Bad
When I wrote last week, I had a very harrowing experience with Large Marge’s hive and got stung several times on the neck. Her hive was very aggressive, and I went back the next morning when the temperature was just … Continue reading
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Spring Time = Sting Time
In my defense, we’ve had an abundance of rainy weekends this winter which has prevented me from getting out to check the hives as often as I would like. This early spring has also thrown off my timing, and when … Continue reading
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Bee Starvation
It is not a very fun topic, but starvation is a major killer of managed bee hives each winter. Austin has experienced a very mild winter, which ironically, can put more of a strain on the hive’s resources than a … Continue reading
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