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My beekeeping friends found under Honey Bee Hives,...

Blog: georgiabees.com   -   Sunday October 25, 2009   -   By John

A surprise Beekeeping find under beehives in hot weather.This is not the BUZZ I wanted to hear. Rattle snakes like the cooler shade under Honey Bee Hive pallets.

Humbled By Bees

Blog: Portage River Farm   -   Wednesday October 14, 2009   -   By John

By the weather forecast, Saturday afternoon looked as if it would be the last relatively warm and clear day for some time to come. The state of the beehive had been nagging on my mind for a while so I decided to get right to the task of harvesting the honey...

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Beekeepers Observation beehive georgiabees.com

Blog: georgiabees.com   -   Saturday September 12, 2009   -   By John

     CLICK HERE  TO WATCH THE HONEY BEES INSIDE BEEHIVE

Minimalism in Apiculture

Blog: Morro Bay Bees   -   Wednesday August 26, 2009   -   By Tony

As I was moving deep supers this weekend, trying to keep bees, ants, and other pests from invading them, I realized one of the reasons I love TBH’s so much. I think it comes down to minimalism, yes minimalism and the lack of accruement needed to sustain a...

Georgia Honey harvest in full swing

Blog: georgiabees.com   -   Tuesday August 25, 2009   -   By John

My summer honey harvest is going strong with the bees working cotton fields like crazy. Plenty of rainfall making crop look good and providing moisture for upcoming fall goldenrod honey flow to look promising.

Back In Bees...ness

Blog: Portage River Farm   -   Wednesday May 27, 2009   -   By John

We have actually had bees back on the farm since our package of replacement bees arrived a month ago. The problem is that they have been utterly neglected as we focused all of our attention on the chickens. In the last week, I finally managed to devote a few...

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Guillermo, the Handsome Beekeeper

Blog: Slow Life with Real Food   -   Monday May 25, 2009   -   By Amber

June 30, 2007 was the first night I met Guillermo Payet, founder of LocalHarvest. Before meeting him at the beach house I was vacationing with my family at, I was told that he had just been named one of People magazine's Top 50 Hottest Bachelors and that his...

First Beekeeping Class

Blog: Portage River Farm   -   Tuesday April 07, 2009   -   By John

You might recall that during a recent beekeeping conference I decided to sign up for a beekeeping class to bring myself up to date with the latest techniques. That class is being taught by Ed, an elderly gentleman who has about 50 hives in his suburban...

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Beekeeper's Conference

Blog: Portage River Farm   -   Thursday March 19, 2009   -   By John

I spent all day yesterday attending the Southeastern Michigan Beekeeper's Association conference. It was held at a college in Livonia and was well-attended by several hundred beekeepers from around the region. They had outstanding guest speakers and visiting...

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Can`t Wait for Saturday!!!

Blog: NakedBee Apiaries   -   Thursday March 19, 2009   -   By Andrea & Chet

Saturday is our annual painting party!  All of our beekeeping woodenware has been put together by Chet (hammer, harmonica, hammer, harmonica) needless to say, it took FOREVER! We enjoy hearing him out in the shop formulating lyrics for "AIG...

We're Being Robbed!

Blog: Portage River Farm   -   Thursday March 05, 2009   -   By John

Friday was incredibly warm. In the afternoon, Janet called me from somewhere out in the brushy field to the front of our property. She was enjoying the nice weather and her new knee-high boots with a tromp out to the cottonwoods to see how much water was...

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