UP! Elgin community garden's Blog
May 12, 2015
First 21 days of a bees life.
An amazing vid on the first 21 days of a bee, from egg to new bee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-tqiaPoS2U
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Nov 22, 2014
Melting Wax
Winter is in full half effect here in Vancouver with temps hovering around 8 degrees Celsius in the daytime with it ...
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Mar 18, 2013
Spring Is Here...maybe
Exciting news! all 4 hives survived the blah Vancouver winter. several inches of snow for a day or 2, and temperature...
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Oct 9, 2012
Mite-away treatment
Here is what is happening as of Sept 22/2012 in my Hives. I decided to treat my hives going into the winter with Mit...
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Aug 22, 2012
Nuclear wax?
So I pulled of the honey supers from the 2 hives at the community garden and on one of the hives there was 1 super fu...
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Jul 16, 2012
Summer picture post
Man I have been busy this summer! The bees are still getting the loving they so deserve even after trying to kill m...
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Jun 11, 2012
Missing Queens
Its been a while since I last posted and it isn't because there isn't anything happening with the hives or I have giv...
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Apr 24, 2012
Time To Split, Maybe?
Things have been going well with the bees lately. Both the Blue and Brown hive at home have rebounded from their wint...
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Apr 11, 2012
New Hive at Still Creek
Friday April 6 was the day we installed the first of 2 new hives at Still Creek Community Garden. The day was lookin...
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Mar 27, 2012
1st spring inspection year 2
This weekend was amazing! The sun was shining and the temperatures were hovering at a balmy 13-15 Celsius (59 F) pe...
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Mar 19, 2012
2 new hives for 2012 !
Urban Beekeeping in Vancouver has rules. Not too many but they do limit the amount of Hives you can keep on a residen...
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Feb 6, 2012
Spring is here already?
Saturday February 4th was a beautiful day to crack open the hives and see what is going on with each of the colonies....
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