Winter is coming. Are you ready? Several factors during the past two months have prevented a post. Not least was my own beekeeping, or rather, bee-losing experience. How could I…
It’s a Three Alarm Fire! Treat Those Mites. In this post I want to go over varroa treatment regimen. But before I do, I want to share another insight, this…
Find Those Mites. Before we take a close look at mite detection methods, I want to share an insight I gleaned from an article in the July issue of the…
Mites. What Should I Do? Kill Those Mites—Now. Ten legs. (Not 8. That’s spiders. And not 6. That’s insects—like your bees.) Flat, roundish body. Brick color. Female (you never see…
Feed in May? So, on the way to overwintering? I suggested (strongly) in the last post that it is time to prepare your bees for overwintering—in May. Three things influence…
Overwintering – In May It is time to prepare your bees for overwintering. What? Is that what I wanted to say? The tulips are just blooming (in southern Michigan). The…
A Good Change Time changes things. Products change. Customers change. Methods change. Ideas Change. Businesses Change. Growth brings change. Sometimes change is a good thing. In this case, it is.…
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