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Chemical free beekeeping

Hey there folks Janet Brisson of Country Rubes has a great presentation on chemical free beekeeping. Here is the photo of the front and back of the dvd:

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                  Country Rubes
Happy Beekeeping,
Santiago Wallace
New Mexico Bees

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Merry Christmas Queen Myrtle and her bees!

Merry Christmas Queen Myrtle and her bees!.

 

Very good beekeeping blog

February 13, 2013 Posted by | Agriculture, Apiarist, apiary, apiculture, Bees and Beekeeping | , , , , , , | 2 Comments

New Mexico Bees first Podcast

Episode 2 New Mexico Bees Podcast – Live & Recorded Episodes:. For our first beekeeping podcast, I think we did pretty good. We did not do a dry run on learning our keys, so I kind of screwed up originally. Then we where able to change the time and set up a new one on the spot and it turned out alright.  The Link at the beginning of this post will take you right to the podcast. It was very informative, plus I learned how to use the Moderator tools for the first time.

This podcast was hosted by me…Santiago Wallace of NMBees.com and our guest speaker was Janet Brisson from country Rubes. Her presentation/podcast was on Chemical free beekeeping, her Combo Screen Bottom board, and on dipping woodenware using two parts paraffin and one part Brazilian tree rosin.  Once again thank you Janet for being our guest.

Happy Beekeeping!

February 8, 2013 Posted by | Agriculture, apiary, apiculture, beekeeping blog, beekeeping podcast, Country living, food, honey bee, honeybee, New Mexico Beekeeping, pollination and pollinators, SouthWestern Beekeeping, Sustainable Beekeeping | , , , , , , | Leave a Comment

New Mexico Bees podcast episode 2

Welcome, tonight is going to be an exciting one.

Follow this link below to attend this Podcast

http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/125630

Tonight, Thursday Feb 7th at 7 PM Mountain/6 PM Pacific time we will have Country Rubes’ Janet Brisson Speaking on Chemical Free Beekeeping, and the Country Rubes Combo screened bottom boards.

Hosted by: NM Bees moderator (hey, that’s me)

You must be signed up with the free service TalkShoe at TalkShoe.com. I would suggest signing up as soon as you can so that come 9 PM Eastern/8 PM Central/ 7 PM Mountain/ 6 PM Pacific time, you wont miss a thing. TalkShoe is neat because you log on with your the username and password you set up, call up with the number listed below and follow the prompts, ( putting in call ID also below). The best thing is you can do it from the comfort of your own home. So, don’t miss what is going to be a great Podcast. After Janet speaks their will be a question and answer time and you can ask Janet any question you want…preferably on topic, but it could be anything beekeeping related.

Phone Number: (724) 444-7444

Call ID: 125630

Now a bit about our speaker:Image

Janet Brisson and her husband Mike have been a self-sufficient family and organic farmers for over 30 years. In 1995 they were forced to become hobbyist beekeepers due to lack of pollination as bees were losing their fight against the insidious Varroa mites. Horrified to discover that even the most organic-minded beekeepers were driven to use some type of chemical to save their bees, the Brisson’ researched and started building and using screened bottom boards along with intensive drone brood management to reduce their chemical use. After 10 years and various adaptations of SBB’s, they re-discovered using powdered sugar as an effective way of detaching Varroa mites and have been chemical free since the beginning of 2005. One final modification of their screened bottom board to make using powdered sugar easy, the Brisson’ developed their product, the Country Rubes Combo Screened Bottom Board, that has become nationally available to beekeepers. Janet’s program “Healthy Bees & Environmentally Friendly Varroa Control” discusses how to monitor and manage your hives, bees and varroa mites using screened bottom boards, powdered sugar, drone brood manipulations and Small and Natural Cell Beekeeping has been given at Conferences and clubs throughout the United States.

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Well, that is all, please come and join us. Janet is a wonderful speaker I’ve listened to her before and I promise you will walk away from this podcast with a little bit more knowledge than you started. Happy Beekeeping and see you tonight.

From Santiago, Bob, and Kitty Happy Beekeeping!!

Title: EPISODE2 – Chemicial Free Beekeeping, and Combo Screened Board
Time: 02/07/2013 09:00 PM EST    Hosted by: New Mexico BeesEpisode Notes: Thursday Feb 7th at 7 PM Mountain/6 PM Pacific time. Speaker: Janet Brisson of Country Rubes’ Topic: Chemical Free Beekeeping, and the Country Rubes Combo Screened Bottom Board . 

February 7, 2013 Posted by | Agriculture, All things honey, American Beekeeping, and bottom boards, Apiarist, apiary, apiculture, apis mellifera, Art, Backyard Apiary, backyard beekeeping, Bee Friendly FarmingTM, beekeeping, beekeeping podcast, Country living, North America Beekeeping, pollination and pollinators, pollinators, SouthWestern Beekeeping, Sustainable Beekeeping, Uganda Honey, Uncategorized, Wallace Family Apiary | Leave a Comment

New Mexico Bees are we!!

W & D Apiaries

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New Mexico Bees W & D Apiaries
A little bit about nmbees.com: We are an up and coming beekeeping company. We bring a combined 10+ years of beekeeping experience…..that’s not as much as some, but more than most. We have a lot of good plans and neat scientific gadgets that we are going to introduce and deploy. I would like to add that I think we have an above average intelligence, so we are going to be a bit more high speed than grandpa’s bees….I do have to admit that Bob has tons more inteligence than I, but together we make a mean team. To say the least we are going to bring some new and interesting management techniques to the beekeeping industry and hope to leave our permanent stamp upon it. So, keep an eye on us, cause we are going to wow you!
BTW, our web site nmbees.com , is under construction and we will be developing it as, our beekeeping operation grows……you may see some typos and such, please forgive. We just wanted to get our web site up and also we are checking and testing that all works on the web as it is should.

Have a Merry Christmas and New Year everyone. Happy Beekeeping!
WFA and now also New Mexico Bees W & D Apiaries

Written by Santiago Wallace of
WFA

December 24, 2012 Posted by | Agriculture, American Beekeeping, American Honey, apiary, apiculture, apis mellifera, Backyard Apiary, backyard beekeeping, Bee Friendly FarmingTM, beekeepers, beekeeping, bees, Bees and Beekeeping, Biodiversity, Blog, Blogroll, Country living, Farming, Food&Nutrition, Garden, gardening, Green/Sustainability, Honey, honey and honey bees, honey bee, honeybee, Kenya top bar hive, Langstroth Frames, langstroth hive, live bee removal, Long Lane Honey Bee Farms, Monsanto, New Mexico Beekeeping, North America Beekeeping, organic beekeeping, pollination and pollinators, SouthWestern Beekeeping, Survival stock colonies, sustainability, Sustainable Beekeeping, Uganda Honey, Uncategorized, Urban Bees, Wallace Family Apiary | , , , , , , | Leave a Comment

2012 Thanksgiving Blessings

WFA Thanksgiving 2012

Thanksgiving 201 at Bob’s home

Thanksgiving with family and good friends that are just like Family
Hello folks this is my 2012 Thanksgiving Blessings video and post. I like to always tie beekeeping in some way to all my posts. Also, like all of my posts I like to add a video…..and that will be ready by tomorrow.
Here is the Beekeeping connection # 1.—— > I made sure my bees, along with the neighbouring honey bees had their share,  that is a share of the Thanksgiving festives….oh, I also didn’t smash any yellow jackets that dinned with my bees. The honey bees partaking of their Thanksgiving sugar syrup will be in the video.
Beekeeping connection # 2.——> Bob my beekeeping com padre  invited my family and myself to have Turkey dinner with more of his friends/family…thank you Bob, the conversation, the company, and the food was excellent! Bob lives at a much higher elevation than we do, he lives in Los Alamos….I live “down the hill” as they use to say back when the two WMDs where being made, during the second WW. I live at an ear poping lower elevation than he does…..I am only about 15-20 minutes away from his house, but the several thousand feet elevation makes a big difference in the temp. consequently lately, he hasn’t seen much of his bees….until today. His bees will bee in the video too.
Lastly the third (#3) and last honey bee connection in this post is—– > We at Kitty & Bee Wallace Family Apiary are happy our bees are doing so well, only Spring time will tell just how well they over-wintered. I am also certain Bob, (of Darlington Honey Bee Farm),  is also pleased with the good health of his colonies.  Oh, I almost forgot, I called most of my beekeeping buddies and wished them a Happy Thanksgiving. google-site-verification: google1b4093ee1218a744.html
Now for the meat-of-the-matter…..I am truly Thankful for many and all of God’s blessings.  I have a wonderful lady Elizabeth…AKA Kitty, good friends, and wonderful children…I love you all very much. I am thankful to God, for the chance to work again…I start Monday, ……thank you to my recruiter Amy…praise the good name of the Lord and for His daily promises that are new and surprising. I am thankful for a home, there are many around the world that do not have a consistent roof over their head, if any at all. I am thankful for a warm bed and the beautiful woman who shares it with me, every night. I am thankful for my health, I praise the Lord for NO infirmities. I am thankful for the food that we ate at Bob’s home….many, many folks haven’t seen as much food as we consumed and had present at our finger tips. I am thankful for Bob and the wonderful and true friend that he is. May the good Lord always and continue to shine upon your face, Bob and may many blessings and good fortune bee yours! Lastly and most importantly I am thankful for the love of the Lord ….even when I have not deserved his blessings, and his giving to us, his only son to die on the cross for our sins, so that we could have redemption. Everything I am, any gifts I possess, everything I am going to be , and all the good in me is because of God and His blessings!!!!!!
I hope everyone had a wonderful, blessed, and thankful Thanksgiving. Please enjoy the video.

Happy beekeeping!

Written by Santiago Wallace of
WFA

November 23, 2012 Posted by | acupuncture, Agriculture, All things honey, American Beekeeping, Apiarist, apiary, apiculture, apis mellifera, Art, Backyard Apiary, backyard beekeeping, Bee Friendly FarmingTM, beekeepers, beekeeping, beekeeping blog, beekeeping hive, Beekeeping videos, bees, Bees and Beekeeping, Biodiversity, Blog, Blogroll, branding hives, brood, ccd, colony collapse disorder, Commercial Beekeeping, Country living, Farming, food, Food&Nutrition, frames, Garden, Green/Sustainability, Hobby, hobby beekeeping, Honey, honey and honey bees, honey bee, honeybee, Keeping bees in the country, Kenya top bar hive, langstroth hive, Lawn and Garden, live bee removal, Long Lane Honey Bee Farms, managing a healthier Honey bee colonies, Mead, Monsanto, Native plants, New Mexico Beekeeping, News, North America Beekeeping, Organic, organic beekeeping, Organic Farming, Organic garden, Overwintering Honey bee colonies, pollination, pollination and pollinators, pollinator, pollinators, queen rearing, save the bees, SouthWestern Beekeeping, sustainability, Sustainable Beekeeping, Syngenta, tbh, Top bar, Top Bar beekeeping, Uganda Honey, Uncategorized, Urban Bees, Urban Homesteading, Wallace Family Apiary, Wildflower Honey, wildlife | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment

Candy FRAME update

“BEE CANDY” UPDATE
The bees are readily taking up the sugar and pollen, from the “candy”, as we beekeepers call the concotion….it’s actually a take from the traditional, “candy boards”, an important Fall beekeeping management.
In the video below, we’ve filmed a good step by step process of how to make the “candy”…..we as beekeepers want to have bees come Spring time, and this is an “insurance policy” so to speak. We placed the “candy frames” above the brood chamber….as the heat generated from the honey bees clustered, the moisture softens the candy and the bees can take it down.

Enjoy the video if you’ve already seen it…..see it again, it’s a great video.
Happy Beekeeping & Happy Thanksgiving!!

Written by Santiago Wallace of
WFA

November 21, 2012 Posted by | Agriculture, American Beekeeping, American Honey, Apiarist, apiary, apiculture, apimondia, apis mellifera, Art, Backyard Apiary, backyard beekeeping, beekeepers, beekeeping, beekeeping and tomatoes, beekeeping hive, Bees and Beekeeping, Biodiversity, Blog, branding hives, colony collapse disorder, Commercial Beekeeping, Country living, Flickr photos, Food&Nutrition, Green/Sustainability, Honey, honey and honey bees, honey bee, honeybee, Monsanto, New Mexico Beekeeping, News, North America Beekeeping | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Bee removal part two

Swarm removal video 6 from Wallace Family Apiary on Vimeo.

Strong swarm, I hived it and it became one of the very best-WFA

Here is another live honey bee removal WFA accomplished!

swarm removal from Wallace Family Apiary on Vimeo.

Got a video below with Garren and his Papi watching the bees

Garren and Papi watching the bees from Wallace Family Apiary on Vimeo.

Below is a video of Garren at his Halloween party

Garren at haloween party.3gp from Wallace Family Apiary on Vimeo.

Garren loves our honey bees, video below

Garren says, “I Love the bees” all the time. from Wallace Family Apiary on Vimeo.

Bee trivia Fact:
In the UK Honey Bee is spelled as one word…..Honeybee. In the United States we spell it two words….Honey Bee. Why you might ask? Well…when we classify our bugs….such as Honey Bee, it is because a Honey Bee is a true Bee, another example of this “thinking” is Fruit Fly again, a true fly…..nasty things, yuck. In contrast a Dragonfly is not a fly, hence……one word spelling.
I am not an Entomologist, and I don’t have PhD after my name…..just RN, (lol). That said here is a similar post/article written on the afore mentioned subject. I would like to add that, I like to sometimes provide an additional, or similar article, when writting a post…..anyhow here is the post that I found on http://roberto.kellerperez.com/ :

“In the preface of his 1956 classic Anatomy of the Honey Bee 1 the great American entomologist Robert E. Snodgrass explains the book’s title:

First, it must be explained why the name of the bee appears in the title as two words, though “honeybee” is the customary form in the literature of apiculture. Regardless of dictionaries, we have in entomology a rule for insect common names that can be followed. It says: If the insect is what its name implies, write the two words separately; otherwise run them together. Thus we have such names as house fly, blow fly, and robber fly contrasted with dragonfly, caddicefly, and butterfly, because the latter are not flies, just as an aphislion is not a lion and a silverfish is not a fish. The honey bee is an insect and is pre-eminently a bee; “honeybee” is equivalent to “Johnsmith.” [vii]“
(the following is my multi-media literary citation…,”credit must be given, where credit is due”…..as they say).
Incidently the above citation is titled, “Honeybee or Honey” Bee? …..thank you once again Mrs. Beaty……that’s my high school English teacher
Until we speak Honeybee….or Honey Bee again, have a wonderful Thanksgiving, (that would of course be for my US readers), to everyone…..Happy Beekeeping!

Santiago, AKA Bee

November 5, 2012 Posted by | Agriculture, All things honey, American Beekeeping, American Honey, Apiarist, apiary, apiculture, apis mellifera, Art, backyard beekeeping, Bee Friendly FarmingTM, Bees and Beekeeping, Biodiversity, Food&Nutrition, Green/Sustainability, honey and honey bees, honey bee, honeybee, Keeping bees in the country, Kenya top bar hive, langstroth hive, managing a healthier Honey bee colonies, Monsanto, New Mexico Beekeeping, News, North America Beekeeping, pollination and pollinators, SouthWestern Beekeeping, Sustainable Beekeeping, Syngenta, Uganda Honey, Uncategorized, urban beekeeping | , , , | Leave a Comment

Two years ago swarm 1

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Only a few posts left for our 2012 blog/beekeeping diary

  We are Kitty-N-Bee
Wallace Family Apiary

Great video intro, but in the Spring it will look even better!

Hey folks there will not be many more videos, to be posted until the Spring. I’ve got a couple of ideas/instructional videos and lessons to publish yet, but only 2-3 of them left for the 2012 year.
Enjoy this ,our Intro to all of our future beekeeping videos and as always Happy Beekeeping!!!!
From the WFA

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November 2, 2012 Posted by | Agriculture, All things honey, American Beekeeping, Apiarist, apiary, apiculture, apis mellifera, Art, Backyard Apiary, backyard beekeeping, BASF, Bee Friendly FarmingTM, beekeepers, beekeeping, beekeeping and tomatoes, beekeeping blog, beekeeping hive, beekeeping podcast, Beekeeping videos, bees, Bees and Beekeeping, Beeswax, Biodiversity, Blog, Blogroll, colony collapse disorder, Commercial Beekeeping, Country living, Dow AgroSciences, Farming, Fibromyalgia, food, Food&Nutrition, Garden, gardening, Green/Sustainability, Hobby, hobby beekeeping, Hobby Farm, home and garden, Honey, honey and honey bees, honey bee, honeybee, Keeping bees in the country, Kenya top bar hive, langstroth hive, live bee removal, Mason, Mead, member of The Wildlife Pro Network, Monsanto, Native plants, New Mexico Beekeeping, News, North America Beekeeping, Organic, Organic Farming, Organic garden, Overwintering Honey bee colonies, Poetry, pollination, pollination and pollinators, pollinator, pollinators, queen rearing, SouthWestern Beekeeping, sustainability, Sustainable Beekeeping, Syngenta, tbh, Top bar, Top Bar beekeeping, Uganda Honey, Uncategorized, urban beekeeping, Urban Bees, video, Wallace Family Apiary, Wildflower Honey, wildlife | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment

Replay/rewind a super great beekeeping video….may be one if the best Honey Bee video

Another one of my favorite videos, if not my very fav. From the number of views youtube recieved for this video, i would say several thousand agreed! Wow!!!

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October 31, 2012 Posted by | Agriculture, All things honey, American Beekeeping, Apiarist, apiary, apis mellifera, Apitherapy, Art, backyard beekeeping, Bee Friendly FarmingTM, beekeeping blog, Bees and Beekeeping, Biodiversity, Blogroll, Boy Scouts of America, colony collapse disorder, Commercial Beekeeping, Country living, Farming, Flickr photostream, food, Garden, gardening, Green/Sustainability, hobby beekeeping, home and garden, Honey, honey and honey bees, honey bee, honeybee, Keeping bees in the country, Kenya top bar hive, member of The Wildlife Pro Network, Monsanto, Native plants, New Mexico Beekeeping, North America Beekeeping, organic beekeeping, Organic Farming, Organic garden, Overwintering Honey bee colonies | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,