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Jun 7, 2011
And Then There Was Two...
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May 27, 2011
Frame Comparison
I was looking at pictures of the development of the hive and thought it would be interesting to see the pics side by ...
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May 27, 2011
Queen Cups!
May 26th
The weather was cooperating this evening and we could get out and do an inspection and see what the bees ha...
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May 26, 2011
Bunches of Bees
Yesterday evening it was raining after a good 5 days of rain free weather here in Vancouver. I looked out my bedroom...
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May 24, 2011
Almost 7 Weeks Already?
This inspection was done on May 18th
The weather has not been cooperative for inspections lately. I had a short wind...
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May 10, 2011
5th Week Inspection
At the 4th week inspection I had the brood box at about 6 frames drawn out and what I thought was copious amounts of...
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Apr 25, 2011
Bees Flying in the Rain
It has been raining lightly for 2 days now and I didn't expect to see any activity around the hive. I always thought...
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Apr 18, 2011
2nd week hive inspection
Sun was shining this weekend but the temps were still chilly if you weren't in the sun. Saturday was Vahsaki, an anc...
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Apr 15, 2011
Frame Feeder Fumble
Today I thought I should check the sugar syrup levels in the inverted jar feeder. It is contained inside the second b...
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Apr 4, 2011
The Bees Have Arrived
Sunday was the day I had been waiting for for a long long time, the Bees were here! The packages were supposed to ar...
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