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SUMMARY:Frame Management
DESCRIPTION:Managing colonies means inspections. We look for the health of the colony\, brood patterns and queen health. \nIf the queen isn’t robust\, a colony can have a tough time thriving.\nBees build amazing things\, but sometimes the build is off because foundation we supply isn’t perfect. When that happens what results is an organic spacing. Bee Space is the term that has designed what beekeepers use to keep things in order. \nLabels on the frames allow us to remove\, inspect and replace exactly the way they were maintaining beespace.\nTo help with that we use tape\, markers and such. Since we are fortunate enough to have a 3d printer in-house\, I went ahead and made sets for each medium. That way we can label and be flexible. Simple enough to use we slip them on and off to replace a frame when we do splits and maintenance. \nFirst prints had a raised letter and were not big enough to fit over non-standard frames that found there way (from the very beginning of our time keeping bees). A couple of iterations and now we have what we think will be a helpful tool.
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SUMMARY:Spring Build Out
DESCRIPTION:Bees on a visit to outyard.\nSuffered losses and the only way to recover is to split and rebuild.\nWe were seeing pressure from the bees in the apiary and indications that they were starting to think about swarming. \nIn order to recoup out losses over the winter we did a split and temporarily relocated that colony to out family yard over in Bloomsbury about 10 miles away. \nAfter a spell they grew sufficiently and acclimated to their new situation that we packaged back up one evening and returned them back to our yard.
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SUMMARY:Springtime Start of Season
DESCRIPTION:When the bush turns yellow the season is on. \nForsythia is one of those shrubs that announces spring with zero subtlety—bright yellow\, loud\, and early. In western NJ (including Holland Township where we are)\, the timing shifts a bit year to year because forsythia doesn’t follow the calendar; it follows soil temperature. Once the soil at about a 4‑inch depth holds around 55°F for several days\, the buds pop almost overnight
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LOCATION:NJ 519 Honey Apiary\, 720 Milford Mount Pleasant Rd\, Milford\, NJ\, 08848\, United States
CATEGORIES:Beekeeping News
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SUMMARY:Overwinter Mode
DESCRIPTION:From late fall to early spring the bees are on the cluster. They have been making winter bees (longer life – more suited to the winter environment). Now is the time to make enough heat and ration the stores while the winter winds blow. The polystyrene form factor equipment helps to insulate and lessen the cold weather impact. \nStill\, there are no guarantees\, and not every winter has a 100% survival.
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