Kobe Apiaries

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:

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18/07/2024

Here is an update for those of you who have been waiting for F1 Harbo queens to become available:

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18/07/2024

If you are looking to pick up some Kobe Apiaries merch, now is the time! You can save 20% off your entire order by using promo code: HEATWAVE20. This promotion runs until July 26th!

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16/07/2024

Looking for resistance. Our star so far has been our 2023 queen (red dot) that threw white eyed drones! She washed 2 mites, scored a 4 on the Harbo assay (0 mites in 200 brood). She has not had any treatments or brood breaks all season. If she can make it through a second Michigan winter, she will definitely be one we graft from next year.

Note: This frame is NOT from the 2023 queen. Additionally, the brood appears "spotty" because the brood was emerging and had been back filled with pollen.

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12/07/2024

Update on our Stevens Bee Company - Michigan Hybrids! They are quickly becoming one of our favorites!

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09/07/2024

We have 9 F1 VSH USDA Pol-Line virgin queens available now. Local pick up in Grand Rapids, MI and/or UPS Next Day Air shipping for $35.

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03/07/2024

Happy 4th of July! We are celebrating by offering 15% off all our honey!

01/07/2024

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01/07/2024

We have added more F1 VSH USDA Pol-line virgins to our online store. These queens will be ready for pickup and/or shipping on July 9th. You can reserve yours now:

Kobe Apiaries offers local raw honey, beeswax, candles, all-natural lip balms, queen bees, nucs, honey bee swarm removal, and more!

28/06/2024

Many of you have asked what the outcome was of the colony with two queens and a supersedure cell. Well, we now have the answer. If you don't know what we are talking about, here is a link to the first video:

https://youtu.be/Lk7nHPO8Z9Q

For those of you that want know if you chose the winner, here is part two.

https://youtu.be/0PT6mg7C-Rw

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25/06/2024

We have a limited number of F1 USDA VSH Pol-Line virgins that will be ready for pick up and/or shipping on 7/1. These are daughters from the breeder queens we received from the USDA ARS Honey Bee Lab in Baton Rouge, LA. They are different than the Pol-Line 2.2 that is managed by VP Queens.

Here is a short article about the USDA Pol-Line:
https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2022/ars-developed-varroa-resistant-honey-bees-better-winter-survivors/

If you would like to purchase some, you can do so through our website:

https://kobeapiaries.com/products/ols/products/f1-vsh-usda-pol-line/v/POL-VRG

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21/06/2024

We have a limited number of marked (green) 2024 Michigan mated queens available through our online store. These queens were grafted and open-mated within our apiaries. As is best practice, these queens have been laying for at least four weeks. They have never been caged or banked. They will remain in their 5-frame nucs until scheduled for pickup.

https://kobeapiaries.com/products/ols/products/michigan-queen/v/MCH-QN-MTD

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20/06/2024

We once again have a few nucs available for pickup! The queens are new 2024 queens that are marked green. Nucs come in a ProNuc which is yours to keep. You can learn more about our bees and order through our website:

https://kobeapiaries.com/products/ols/products/nuc

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19/06/2024

Many new beekeepers want to know what comes in a nucleus colony. So, we decided to make a video of what one of our spring nucs looks like. We have a few spring nucs left if you are still interested in starting beekeeping this year or expanding your operation. It is definitely not too late!

https://youtu.be/Ex-C2DNb4Ig?si=kxy2JO_VY90Iox_b

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19/06/2024

Just a quick video of one of our new queens! Checking back on virgin queens is one of the most exciting aspects of beekeeping for us!

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10/06/2024

While inspecting colonies, we found a double deep colony that was starting to get honey/pollen bound. We decided to move the top brood box above an excluder and replace it with a deep box of foundation to open the nest back up. The brood box had all stages of blood, including eggs.

Ironically, we had a conversation with another beekeeper about starting grafts above an excluder. The concept is that anything above an excluder is viewed as queenless by the bees as the queen is unable to spread her pheromones above the excluder (specifically, the footprint pheromone on her tarsals). Thus, we should be able to start grafts above an excluder. If this were true, then we would also assume that bees would start emergency cells if young brood is moved above an excluder. So, we decided to revisit this colony a week after moving the brood box above the excluder to see if the bees made any emergency cells. Check out what we found!

https://youtu.be/pv8vQC0O0q4

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While inspecting colonies, we found a double deep colony that was starting to get honey/pollen bound. We decided to move the top brood box above an excluder ...

07/06/2024

We are very excited to partner with the Grand Rapids Children's Museum in educating our youth about honey bees! Be sure to stop by to check it out! If you find the queen, take a picture and tag us!

A special thanks to David M Zimmermann for modifying our observation hive to make it kid-friendly!

05/06/2024

Well, this one was a new one for us! What do you think will be the end result?

https://youtu.be/Lk7nHPO8Z9Q?si=owdO7BEVfSUYP7om

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03/06/2024

We have a limited number of virgin queens available. Their mother is a Stevens Bee Company F1 that was open mated in our apiary with our Michigan Mutts. This means the virgins are Michigan Mutt - Stevens Bee Company hybrids. They can be purchased through our website. Local pickup in Grand Rapids, MI. Shipping is available.

https://kobeapiaries.com/products/ols/products/michigan-queen

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15/05/2024

We made this short video because we have had a lot of questions about our queen-rearing process. Specifically, what incubator we use and what the temperature is it set at. The truth is we don't use an incubator. Instead, we use bee power! In our opinion, the bees are the best at taking care of the queens. They can regulate temperature, humidity, and even feed the newly emerged queens what nature intended for them to eat! It also gives us some wiggle room with our schedule as virgin queens banked in a full-size colony can live a long time.

https://youtu.be/zeHpxE9QVVM?si=XDZ5W7sbYN9t-9Xj

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15/05/2024

It is an exciting day for us here at Kobe Apiaries! We are receiving our VSH breeder queens from Dr. John Harbo and the USDA (POL Line)! Additionally, we are serving as a pickup location for a bulk order of F1 virgin queens from Stevens Bee Company coordinated by the Northern Queen Initiative - NQI and the Sustainable Beekeepers Guild of Michigan (Group)

Good things are coming! Fingers crossed our queen introductions go well!

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08/05/2024

Mother's Day is only 4 days away! It's not too late to order Mom something special! Perhaps a Grand Rapids Bee Company Gift Box that includes raw local honey, a honey dipper, two lip balms, and a pure beeswax candle! We can even ship it for you!

08/05/2024

Our first queen order of 2024 is shipping out today! Queen season is underway!

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07/05/2024

Introducing Grand Rapids Bee Company!

THANK YOU all for your continued support as we started our beekeeping journey and founded Kobe Apiaries. As our small business has continued to grow, we have identified a need to separate the products and services we offer into two divisions: honey bees and honey bee products. Kobe Apiaries will continue to focus on our bees, nucs, queens, and management strategies, whereas Grand Rapids Bee Company will focus on our products such as honey, lip balm, paw butter, wax, candles, etc.

Rumor has it, that GR Bee Co is launching a new product AND offering 10% off your order to celebrate Moms! Like and follow our new page and don't forget to order Mom something sweet for Mother's Day!

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05/05/2024

Last call for anyone hoping to pick up virgin queens (Michigan Mutts or Stevens Bee Company F2s) in Howell today! Queens come marked!

Our bees are Michigan bees that stay in Michigan year-round. They do not go down to Georgia or to California to pollinate almonds. We raise our own queens from our overwintered stock. We select for temperament, productivity, and hardiness. As our queens are open-mated in our apiaries, we do not clai...

01/05/2024

Check out what we found this weekend while doing splits in Howell!

https://youtu.be/-nPGxfK1kwU?si=P4QS88n53XQ4bd4o

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We have seen pictures and read about white-eyed drones, but we had never seen them in person! It was pretty cool seeing them within our own operation! The wh...