Kobe Apiaries

12/11/2024

This video shows our oxalic acid vaporization setup for the 2024 season. With this new setup, we can treat all our colonies in about half the time.

https://youtu.be/qYS1skPMQKo?si=Q33aZIYnwH8tVzdu

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Treating 100 hives with one vaporizer took forever. Instead of purchasing new battery-powered vaporizers and enough batteries to power them, we decided to bu...

05/11/2024

Some people expressed interest in learning more about the Tropilaelaps mite spreading westward. Project Apis m has released four short videos highlighting some of the work being done to help prepare the United States for the inevitable infestation. Here are the links to those videos:

Video 1:
https://youtu.be/PKWzIYzAYqk?si=6Qj_koyl5YaGmM1T

Video 2:
https://youtu.be/eiBnkJazgCE?si=iQLc0rkEatLbu-Al

Video 3:
https://youtu.be/SJKUrp8bt84?si=LH-8dKDoKyaF-KBq

Video 4:
https://youtu.be/vTR9dQk3ZMw?si=ox_-7ceF6m3t0UBO

Part four of this documentary series, Tropilaelaps Management: Learning from Thai Beekeepers, serves as a crucial case study on living with the Tropilaelaps ...

17/10/2024

We finally finished winterizing all of our colonies! A few of them decided to install their own entrance reducers and mouse guards! It's exciting to see this as more and more data continues to come out regarding the benefits of propolis in keeping bees healthy (antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, mite reduction, etc).

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14/10/2024

We are officially wrapping up the 2024 season! This year we will be heading into winter with 99 colonies in the following setups:

- 51 Triple Deeps
- 24 Double Deeps
- 19 5x5
- 4 Singles
- 1 Observation Hive

We have already had a few people reach out regarding nucs for 2025. We are anticipating having a greater number of nucs available next spring than we did this year. If you would like to receive an email from us when our nuc reservations go live, please send us an email and we would be happy to add you to our nuc reservation notification list. We will also be making the announcement through our social media platforms as well. Thank you for your interest!

https://youtu.be/NXCvrJo0A_s

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24/09/2024

🍁🍁🍁FALL SALE! 🍁🍁🍁

To celebrate the autumn equinox, the Grand Rapids Bee Company is having a FALL SALE! 1 lb glass jars are 20% off and 3 lb glass jars are 25% off!

Local pick up in Grand Rapids or shipped right to your house. Free shipping on orders over $50!

To place an order, visit our website: grbeeco.com

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It's finally fall 🍂🍁

To celebrate, all 1 pound jars of honey are now 20% off and 3 pound jars are 25% off!! No discount code needed, just fly on over to the website 🐝

www.grbeeco.com

23/09/2024

Last, but not least, option #6 "The Prairie Stinger" - Prairie Organic Spirits gin, Grand Rapids Bee Company hot honey, ancho reyes, lemon, and egg white! You can get yours at The Kitchen By Wolfgang Puck!

The "Bee Better" promotion benefits The Xerces Society by donating $1 for every scan of the QR code on the featured menu!

21/09/2024

But wait! There's more!

Options #4 and #5!

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20/09/2024

Option #3:

Stop by MDRD to try the "El Abejorro" - made with brown butter-washed Prairie Organic Spirits vodka, spiced banana milk horchata, and raw honey from Grand Rapids Bee Company, garnished with a pandan cookie!

For every scan of the QR code on the featured menu, $1 will be donated to The Xerces Society!

18/09/2024

To follow up on our post from yesterday, let's say that you weren't able to get into Ruth's Chris Steak House Grand Rapids, but you were really hoping to try a drink with Grand Rapids Bee Company honey in it. Well, great news - we have another option for you!

You can stop by I Don't Care and try "Work Hard for your Honey" - made with Prairie Organic Spirits and our locally sourced honey! For every scan of the QR code on the featured menu, $1 will be donated to The Xerces Society!

Is there a third option? Stay tuned...😉

17/09/2024

If you are visiting ArtPrize in downtown Grand Rapids and happen to grab dinner at Ruth's Chris Steak House Grand Rapids, be sure to try the "Queen Bee," made with honey from our Grand Rapids Bee Company colonies!

16/09/2024

As Art Prize kicks off this week in Grand Rapids, our bees decided to join in the fun and create their own masterpieces in their shims! They are having trouble coming up with a name for their art. What do you think they should call it?

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08/09/2024

Wrapping up the season in Howell yesterday. We will head into winter with 24 full sized colonies in this apiary.

https://youtu.be/yl0Q0xXRw1k

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06/09/2024

How big is a Subaru Outback's cargo space? 12 nucs!

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19/08/2024

Yum! Honey Cinnamon Cookies!

15/08/2024

28/07/2024

Identifying next year's potential breeders: Mite washes, Harbo assays, and gentleness tests.

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22/07/2024

Many people have asked what to do with old damaged and moldy frames. Well, we had some nasty frames from April from failed mating nucs we shook out. These frames still had rotting brood and molding pollen in them. They have never been frozen and were sitting in nuc boxes all summer. They smelled awful. Anyway, this is what happened:

https://youtu.be/86N4N1L_Pa4

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