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Just Bee Cause…
I’m about to mount a soapbox here, just warning you. The last two days were immersion for me into the world of bees. Friday I drove back up to Gilsum, New Hampshire to NH Honey Bee. I returned my...
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The Mark of a Queen
Saturday, nine hearty souls showed up in Swanzey, New Hampshire at the home of “Imagine That Honey” for bee-keeping class. Jodi and Dean greeted everyone and arranged our vehicles across their lawn....
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Don’t Worry, "Bee" Happy
I awake in the cool of the morning, in a fevered cold sweat. I crawl back into sleep to keep the anxiety at bay for just one more hour. My fitful dreams have conjured up my mother’s voice filled with...
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The Hive Arrived!
I came home to find two boxes sitting in front of my garage. I have to say, I haven’t been this excited since the days when the boxes were from FAB or Sephora. A big thank you to Betterbee for …...
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Hive’s Alive!
I picked up the ladies last night. They rode home in the back of the truck in their NUC; which stands for nucleus hive. Once in the garage, I dutifully opened the small round vent as Jodi had...
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I lost my virginity to a bee…
I lost my virginity to a bee….Filed under: bee hive, bee keeping, beekeeping, bees, gardens, hive, honey, Imagine That Honey, New Hampshire, New Ipswich New Hampshire, NUC, Peterborough NH, queen bee,...
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Kim and Korey’s Queen
Following the bee tour last Sunday, I have taken care of a NUC for my friends, Korey and Kim. As I wrote here, their hive was literally overflowing with bees. We made a NUC (nucleus) box and brought...
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More “Hivenly” Adventures
The last time I opened the hive was two weeks ago during the annual Hive Inspection. At that time I rearranged some of the original frames, mixing them in with another hive body so each box had some...
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Let it Bee…
My weekly beekeeping post is chock full this time. Suddenly, the news is heating up on the plight of bees. Time Magazine ran a cover story this week calling on the public to wake up to the problems...
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To Be A Bee
There is no question that the season is changing. A funny thing about Fall in New Hampshire is the juxtaposition of death and renewing sleep. If, on the one hand, you look for death, it is all around...
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A quick Bee update
After researching my bee problem and sending photos of the poor beasts to my instructor, the answer seemed the bees were dying at relatively normal rates but were probably hungry as they were starting...
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To be or not to be a bee…
Saturday I went to an advanced, (Oh, aren’t you so pleased to no longer be considered a beginner) bee keeping class. It’s main goal, from my standpoint, was to re-energize and re-stabilize me, giving...
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Stung
Bad day for my hands. Did you ever notice that certain body parts seem to take a turn at being injured repeatedly? Today it was both hands. My right wrist was just feeling normal after the face-plant I...
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Shopping for Bees
To be safe, I have ordered three sets of new bees. I keep one of the two packages that arrive in April and give the other to my neighbor. When the NUC arrives in mid-May I will install it in …...
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Take a walk on the wild side…
This is what I awoke to. Bears. The good news is I didn’t have my new bees yet. The bad news is I will have to totally reconsider the location of my bee yard for this year and install lots … Continue...
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Another Day, Another Queen
No, this is not social commentary on the latest British monarch. My second set of bees arrived last night and what a load of pollinators it was. This was my NUC (short for Nucleus, a small colony...
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It is good to be the Queen!
What a wonderful way to begin the week with a visit to my new hives. I found the blue queen and was amazed by what she and her workers have done. Seven of the frames are heavy with brood and … Continue...
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My last post was in December of 2018. So much has changed in daily life, both personally and globally. We are in our sixth week of the pandemic, and though I write daily for myself, I thought I would...
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I’m living on a permaculture farm in the Southwest corner of New Hampshire. What little I know of agriculture is founded in growing up in rural America, the child of upwardly mobile middle-class...
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