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1/30/2012 This last weekend was beautiful in north Texas. Friday, I saw a variety of pollen coming into the hive – including a nice bright yellow-orange color; some was a pale yellow-white in color; and other -(presumably henbit) was a blood-red. The henbit has been flowering for the last 2-3 weeks, now. Daytime temps have […] Spent all day today at the Texas Discovery Gardens ( http://www.texasdiscoverygardens.org ) – manning the Texas Honeybee Guild booth for the “Urban Sustainable Ecosystems” symposium. ( https://www.facebook.com/UrbanSustainableEcosystems ) Day two looks to be a great list of speakers scheduled as well! Amber and I will finish painting our hive woodenware before heading out to day […] I”m ready for spring to be here! Though, I do still need to paint my hive bodies and make my screened bottom boards and top covers. For some reason, though, I’m having a hard time finding oil-based exterior paints to use on my hive bodies. I’ve checked at Lowes (always check their “Oops” paint shelf) […] (Update 2/15/2013 – Over the last year – the number one search term linked to my site has been “swarm trap plans”. Thusly – I’d like to link over to Rob’s set of downloadable plans for hive products. (Sorry – Rob’s site is no longer accessible) Old Link here: http://robo.bushkillfarms.com/beekeeping/downloads/ ) ( and now back […] December 31, 2011. It’s supposed to get up to 70+ degrees here in Richardson, so I’ll spend the beautiful day outside, building swarm traps for this upcoming spring. The design is from Rob over at http://www.BeeMaster.com I’ll tip up a glass in a toast for a bounty of bees this year! My new Beekeeping jackets from HTK Bee Supply arrived last week. They were running a sale on them last month – and I took advantage of the sale, and ordered (2) jackets. Saved MUCHO DINERO. They appear to be of good quality. The only thing I seem to not like, though, is that the zippers […] 
I have added a page specifically for honeybee removals – in preparation for the 2012 Spring Swarm season. If you, or someone you know has a swarm of honeybees that have clustered in your yard, trees, on a fence, under the eve of your home, or on your playground equipment, then give me a call. […] Good news! It looks like I have a great location for a few hives for next year (2012)!
Spring-fed water source (to our knowledge it has not run dry in the last 12-13 years) LOTS of wildflowers & nector/pollen forage The down side… The location is about 2.5 hours away from my home. That’s […] Last spring, I met Susan Pollard at a show at White Rock Lake. I was a new “keeper”, and being the Bohemian that I am – gravitated right to Susan and we talked bees, hives, and more when we both had spare time from our booths. Over the last year of research – I have […] Deeps, Mediums, and more…. This fall, I made the investment in a few more hive bodies for the growth of the honeybees. Added to the hardware: (5) – 10-Frame “Deep” hive bodies (15) – 10-Frame “Medium” hive bodies (100) – “Medium” frames and I still need to procure about (100) “Deep” frames, and another (50) […] |
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