The Bee-log
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Our bees came from a monk in England?
A caged Buckfast Queen, marked with a green dot on her thorax, and surrounded by attendant worker bees. What's new on the farm: On Friday we received a shipment of 300 queens from Italy. Along with making our own queens,...
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Can I make 500 queens in 1 week?
A frame of "queen cells" that have larvae that will grow into new queen bees. In the first frame they are covered in the nurse bees that are feeding them royal jelly. The second frame shows that some of the...
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Getting Winter Ready - for Humans and for Bees
Hives stacked up to be loaded and moved to Vancouver Island. What's new on the farm: Today, in our little corner of the world, I'm looking outside the window where there is a soft layer of snow blanketing the ground...
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The most sustainable way to make new beehives
A layer of "burr comb" on top of a brood frame. Burr comb is beeswax comb that the bees build outside of the frames that we provide to them. This happens when there is too much space left between the...
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Have you ever seen a truck full of bees?
Loading up the truck at night while the bees are back inside their hives. What's new on the farm: The past week has been a transition time for the farm: the bees have started to arrive from Vancouver Island back...
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It finally feels like spring in the prairies! Time for the bees to start heading home.
Our honeybees feasting on some bluebells on the island. What's new on the farm: From November-May each year, our little honeybees make their home in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island. We make the trek out because of the milder...
