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Queen Bee Replacement

Queen Bee Replacement

Replacing two queens in the apiary.

One colony has a feral queen and the other has an older queen that hasn’t been laying. Replacing both with new mated Italian queens from Olivarez.

Queen Bee Replacement – May 23rd, 2025

Replacing the queens in two hives

Author MichaelPosted on May 24, 2025Categories Beekeeping

Notebook LLM takes a look at my recent video

I ran my most recent bee video through NotebookLM to see what kind of podcast it would create.

NotebookLM turned a three minute video into a five minute podcast in seconds

Author MichaelPosted on May 20, 2025May 22, 2025Categories Beekeeping, Weblog

Moving swarm colony into a brood box

Moving the ladies out of the swarm trap and into a deep brood box.

Moving swarm colony into a brood box

The Pink Hive rises again Bee Hive Inspection – May 18th, 2025

Author MichaelPosted on May 20, 2025May 20, 2025Categories Beekeeping

Moving a bee swarm trap

More adventures in beekeeping.

A swarm moved into a a trap a few days ago. Moving them to the apiary where I can feed and inspect them.

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Moving a swarm trap into the apiary. A small swarm, but we’ll help them grow.

Author MichaelPosted on May 12, 2025May 12, 2025Categories Beekeeping

Bee Hive Inspection – May 8th, 2025

Today’s bee hive inspection

Bee Hive Inspection – May 8th, 2025

Short inspection of my backyard hives.

Author MichaelPosted on May 8, 2025May 8, 2025Categories Beekeeping

Bee hive inspection – April 7th, 2025

Did a short inspection of the hives yesterday.

Bee Hive Inspection – April 7th, 2025

A quick check on the hives as spring arrives.

Author MichaelPosted on April 8, 2025Categories Beekeeping

Bee Hive Inspection – March 9th, 2025

Bee Hive Inspection – March 9th, 2025

Brief hive inspection after some rain. Lots of brood means many more bees in the colony.

A short inspection of the hives. Be prepared, I say ‘brood’ a lot in this one.

Author MichaelPosted on March 10, 2025March 17, 2025Categories Beekeeping

Bee Hive Inspection

Author MichaelPosted on November 27, 2024December 9, 2024Categories Beekeeping

A beekeeper reviews The Beekeeper movie

A beekeeper reviews The Beekeeper movie

Very much in the style of previous Jason Statham action films, the plot is just a device to take us from one fight scene to another. The bad guys are flamboyant phone scammers and our hero goes after…

Author MichaelPosted on January 13, 2024December 9, 2024Categories Beekeeping

North American Honey Bee Expo 2024 (NAHBE) — Conference Notes

North American Honey Bee Expo 2024 (NAHBE) - Conference Notes

Over the last two years I had read about previous Hive Life conferences and how they were focused on hobbyist and sideliner beekeepers and encouraged a lot of social interaction. My experience at the…

Author MichaelPosted on January 6, 2024December 9, 2024Categories Beekeeping
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