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  • Water Sources Drying Up
    October 27, 2022

    Water Sources Drying Up

    As summer begins to heat up, natural water sources begin to dry up. There are countless options to provide your bees with water - Bird bathes, pet watering stations, small vessels in your garden areas, and livestock watering tanks - just to name a...

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  • Why Requeen in the Summer?
    October 24, 2022

    Why Requeen in the Summer?

    By: Blake Shook There can be many signs & reasons to requeen a hive. In general, it’s a good idea to proactively requeen each hive every year before they begin to show signs of needing to be requeened. It’s important...

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  • BEARDING
    October 21, 2022

    BEARDING

    In hot humid weather it isn’t uncommon to see bees gathered on the front of their box. This action isn’t designed to scare us, but often to the untrained eye – will! Bees are very apt at “conditioning” the air...

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  • Like a Moth to a Flame
    October 20, 2022

    Like a Moth to a Flame

    By: James Elam Has this ever happened to you?  You worked your bees extra hard on that really hot summer day. You made the dreaded summer splits, maybe re-queened several colonies, pulled some brood frames to manage and balance populations...

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