Oh nooooo...this bee yard does not have enough forage and no honey stores to feed on during these cold,windy days...feeding again.
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#no foragers
#climatechanges
#nobeesnofood
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Part 2 of 2...cleaning hive for spring
Have a peak at what we do to a hive this time of year...I have the remainder of video in another post as I forgot to hit pause🙃 part 1 of 2
Queens arrived..listen for a bit you will hear thevQueen pipping!
You will find us Peterborough Farmers' Market 7am to 1pm today
Here is a little video of the girls bringing in pollen this week! Probably Willow, Maple , some colts foot and poplar
In the bee yards today...4 done 2 to go!
Honey, honey...come and get your honey at Peterborough Farmers' Market today 7 -1 and check out all our cool vendors!
Bumble Bee loving the thistle! Come check us out tomorrow at Peterborough Farmers' Market 7 to 1pm..and it's corn day!!
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The Queens arrived today...a day late...in great shape
Oh my what a crazy, hot, busy week....3 yards have winter covers off, cleaned up all the bottom boards in each yard, made Nucs and weed eated yards, 3 dr appts shoved in there, painted lids for new Nuc boxes, Peterborough Farmers' Market today...3 more yards to go...Queens arrive next week.....stay tuned!
It has been brought to our attention that there is an issue with our tea light candles not staying lit. We have just resolved this problem. If you have this issue, please return your faulty tea lights and we will replace with new ones. We are truly sorry for any inconvenience this has caused and appreciate your understanding and always value your feedback.....life of a beekeeper🐝
The girls are cleansing today!
Treatment day and some top up feeding....some drones still around
Our last yard and last day of harvesting honey, now to finish extracting, then treat, feed and wrap
Working on last yard pulling honey supers, girls getting pushed down to two boxes
It's Saturday already..we are Peterborough Farmers' Market today 7am to 1pm with our local honey and hive products.
BEEKEEPERS RANT....bees are out flying, they are not flying well, but they are out today...38km winds. Sooo we all say farmers feed cities, truth, BUT for the most part farmers would not be able to feed cities without bees. A field a half km up the road from us sprayed today at 3 PM, 38km winds, I was painting and got drift from the spray that far away on my friggin face! If I get that residue, what does it do to bees! So until OMAFRA or the governing bodies do something to regulate spraying on a windy day, like they are suppose to, what the frig use is it for any if us Beekeepers to keep trying to save the bees. AGRICULTURE needs both, what is the solution??? I'm crying as I write this as I am devastated that no one cares about the long term or short term effect things are having on the bees and unfortunately our voice is not very big in the agriculture world!
What's the buzzzzzz about you ask , well we are @peterboroughfarmersmarket today 7am to 1pm, look for our yellow tent to find all your beekeeping wants!
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