Here are some photos of my 7 and 6 year old daughters practicing to become beekeepers. I had some small mating nucs I made and haven’t put them to use yet, and Isla and Avery wanted to play beekeepers.
This was the first video looking into the cavity up towards the start of the comb. The still photos in a previous post taken after this video shows excellent comb and the bees
Myself and a fellow beekeeper Andrew Tittsworth are going to remove this colony next week. Today I went out and did the some reconnaissance on the Feral colony in the way of photos and video. Enjoy
I went and investigated another tree that is home to what seems like a very large colony. Monday, I’m going to bring out a chainsaw or reciprocating saw and find out just how big the colony is….how far up the tree cavity they fill. This colony is among the getelist colonies I have come accross, I did smoke them first, but even after ripping the opening larger for a better look and after smashing it with a hatchet, (which did no goo), the bees did not offer to sting not one time. I was very impressed and delighted to find such a delightful colony. Prepare for some wonderful photos, and in the subsequent postings excellent video of the tree and the bees flying around.
Have you been wondering how Christopher Stowell’s petition has been coming along? Well the current number of signatures as of 8:52 Eastern Standard Time 4/26/10, is: approximately 3690.
I would like to see the numbers continue to climb!!
Below Christopher’s photo follow the link and add your name to the petition, if you haven’t already done so and spread the word.
Help Christopher Reinstate the Boy Scout Beekeeping Merit Badge!
For those of you new to our beekeeping blog here is an easy way to navigate, follow this link, my first posting: http://wallacefamilyapiary.wordpress.com/page/10/
Then just keeping going to the bottom of the page and hit the “Next Entries »” link.
Enjoy, and I hope you find my beekeeping blog interesting and informative. I currently have 19 colonies, some are nucs and some are full size colonies, tomorrow I’m going to bring home some more, mini three frame nucs.
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Santiago and Angela Wallace
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Wallace Family Apiary, a small family beekeeping business, proud to be relocated to New Mexico. We enjoy outdoors and nature, working with the bees, building our own equipment, sharing our experiences to others who may just be starting out in beekeeping (New Bees), and Honey….We love honey. Visit our new business website http://wallacefamilyapiary.yolasite.com/
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More on the beekeeping blog: This beekeeping Blog, is an enjoyment for me and my family….from time to time, different family members will contribute to this blog. When I started writing this it, I wanted to share how I got into beekeeping, a chronological detail of how I arrived where I am today, and what I hope to accomplish as a beekeeper (actually I hope to one day be a commercial beekeeper….full time beekeeping). In between my chronological account, I also give current updates of what’s going on in my day-to-day beekeeping chores/management. I want to let you, the reader, know that I have horrible grammatical skills, so please forgive my grammatical errors. So, that is us in a nut shell and this is our diary of sorts, of us as a beekeeping family.
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Hive at the garden is making up for the other 5 that died during winter. Pulled 6 frames of honey with at least another 6 frames that were not entirely capped.
Faith Mountain Farm – Backyard Bee Hive I stumbled across this site tonight after getting severely side tracked. For a while, I have been tinkering with the idea of getting hives in to more backyards with the goal of spreading out my hives and encouraging more people to become beekeepers. I am pleasantly surprised to [...]
Lost the third hive (of three) in the backyard. This was the strongest hive, which had about half a box of capped honey, no sign of brood, and only a handful of dead bees on the bottom board. The bees have been collected in to a jar. Time to put my tax dollars to work [...]
Damn parasites! “Zombie” Fly Parasite Killing Honeybees | Observations, Scientific American Blog Network A heap of dead bees was supposed to become food for a newly captured praying mantis. Instead, the pile ended up revealing a previously unrecognized suspect …
This winter is off to a bad start. Sadly, I discovered today that two of the three hives in my backyard have failed. One was my strongest hive, Hegemone, going in to winter with nearly two medium boxes full of honey. There were 2-3 dead bees total on the frames, lots of capped brood, no [...]
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Ιούνιος ο μήνας του τρύγου η των τρύγων αν θέλετε του ελάτου και του θυμαριού. Τον μήνα αυτό κατ εξοχήν ο μελισσοκόμος περιμένει να δει τους κόπους πολλών μηνών να παίρνουν σάρκα και οστά. Ετοιμάζουμε τα μαχαίρια, τους πάγκους, το μελιτοεξαγωγέα μας και τέλος τα βαρέλια μας για να τα γεμίσουν τα κορίτσια μας με το εκλεκτότερο προϊόν της ελληνικής φύσης, το Μ […]
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Good cholesterol is known as HDL. It is a high-density lipoprotein that circulates in the blood. Unlike bad cholesterol, HDL reduces the risk of heart disease. For most people, HDL makes up 20 to 30 percent of their total blood cholesterol. Although genetics plays a role in HDL, there are still steps that people can [...]
Cholesterol, which is found in your body’s cells, is a substance that is waxy and looks like fat. It plays an important role in food digestion and making hormones and Vitamin D. The two types of cholesterols are the LDL or low-density lipoproteins, also known as the ‘bad’ cholesterol and HDL or high-density lipoproteins, called [...]
Cholesterol is a substance that helps the body build healthy cells but can be dangerous at high levels. While the liver produces enough cholesterol for the body every day, most people add even more to the body by eating foods that contain the substance, like dairy products, eggs and meats. Once cholesterol is created or [...]
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Here is the aftermath of someone attempting to kill off a colony in an apartment building. Video provided by my good friend JP at Beemaster’s Beekeeping Forum.
A short video of honeybees fanning on the front of a hive.
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This colony is scheduled for removal next week
Myself and a fellow beekeeper Andrew Tittsworth are going to remove this colony next week. Today I went out and did the some reconnaissance on the Feral colony in the way of photos and video. Enjoy
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