I took a visit to the bee friendly south Austin site yesterday to get the site ready for the hive.
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One week!
I just received e-mail confirmation from Bee Weaver that I will be able to pick up my packaged bees on either April 10th or 11th. I was a bit worried that the colder and wetter winter here in Texas would delay bee shipments, but I’m happy to report that is not the case.
Tomorrow I’m heading down to the bee-friendly south Austin site to prepare the area where the hive will live.
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Two of my favorite things…
I love bees, and I love bluebonnets so this photo combines them both.
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Austin Bee Removal Video
I’m a little jealous that I didn’t get to do anything this interesting when I took the beekeeping class from Round Rock Honey…
Here is a link to the video of the bee removal from an Austin home. I can’t even imagine having a hive in my ceiling. What a mess.
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Bee in Flight
My wife captured this photo of a bee on our redbud in the back yard.
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Bee Photographer
A friend sent me a link to an amazing bee photographer. I’m fascinated on how these people get such great shots in the hive and the wild.
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Spring Time in Austin
So much is blooming right now here in Austin that I’m a bit sad I don’t have my bees yet. Granted, it is just a few more weeks, but with the dogwoods, redbuds, buckeyes, and all the wildflowers starting to come up, I feel like I’m missing out on some perfect weeks that a new bee colony would enjoy.
Here is a photo from my backyard of Texas Redbud in bloom.
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Installing Bees
There are tons of YouTube videos on installing package bees, but I found this to be one of the better ones in terms of video quality and lack of crazy regional accents. My wife still makes fun of the clip from North Carolina where the phrase “just baaaang on it” is used throughout. Now that I’m done offending my southern friends, this video will give you a good overview of the steps taken to install bees. It seems every beekeeper has a different method, and while I won’t be using the steps outlined in this video exactly, it is close enough.
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Tell’em Large Marge sent you!
So I’ve decided to name my queen “Large Marge”. I opted not to try and come up with a name that actually contained the word “queen” because it was just too limiting. So in less than a month now, Large Marge will be setting up shop in the bee-friendly South Austin site.
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Urban Beekeeping in Austin, Texas 