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August 27, 2021 Sue Watling

on the public collection of bees

My swarming experiences got off to a bad start. First – the bees escaped before I’d had a chance to

July 31, 2021 Sue Watling

swarming, tanging, losing some bees and gaining others

The first task this year was to make some splits, as detailed in the previous post Starting the year with

Blog Education Swarm

June 17, 2021 Sue Watling

Starting the year with splits and swarms

The anniversary of my first year as a beekeeper came and went without incident. I’d emerged from the winter with

April 15, 2021 Sue Watling

Getting through my first winter and facing up to spring

What do Beekeepers do during Winter? Patrick said read books, watch videos, and make frames. It was too cold in

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