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Spring Is Here…maybe
Exciting news! all 4 hives survived the blah Vancouver winter. several inches of snow for a day or 2, and temperatures dipping to a mild -2 or so. March has been rainy and there have been very few ti… more →
Tales of an urban bee farmer
Spring Is Here...maybe
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wrote 2 months ago: Exciting news! all 4 hives survived the blah Vancouver winter. several inches of snow for a day or 2 … more →
Mite-away treatment
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wrote 7 months ago: Here is what is happening as of Sept 22/2012 in my Hives. I decided to treat my hives going into th … more →
Nuclear wax?
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wrote 8 months ago: So I pulled of the honey supers from the 2 hives at the community garden and on one of the hives the … more →
East Van Bees hits the big times!
wrote 9 months ago: Well maybe not big time. Long time friend Scotty Macdonald interviewed me a little while ago and wr … more →
Summer picture post
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wrote 10 months ago: Man I have been busy this summer! The bees are still getting the loving they so deserve even after … more →
Missing Queens
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wrote 11 months ago: Its been a while since I last posted and it isn’t because there isn’t anything happening … more →
Deadly Hobbys and Swarms
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wrote 1 year ago: After work it is my usual routine to go look out my bedroom window and see what the hives are doing … more →
Time To Split, Maybe?
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wrote 1 year ago: Things have been going well with the bees lately. Both the Blue and Brown hive at home have rebounde … more →
Beginning Beekeeping
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wrote 1 year ago: Well, we just completed our first attempt at raising honeybees. The bees are in their hives for the … more →
New Hive at Still Creek
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wrote 1 year ago: Friday April 6 was the day we installed the first of 2 new hives at Still Creek Community Garden. T … more →
1st spring inspection year 2
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wrote 1 year ago: This weekend was amazing! The sun was shining and the temperatures were hovering at a balmy 13-15 C … more →
Mold and Moisture
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wrote 1 year ago: Today was warm enough this afternoon that the bees were out flying in abundance. I saw a few with po … more →
2 new hives for 2012 !
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wrote 1 year ago: Urban Beekeeping in Vancouver has rules. Not too many but they do limit the amount of Hives you can … more →
How To Start Beekeeping
wrote 1 year ago: Visit: http://www.ultimatebeekeeping.com today！ Are you ready to learn how to start beekeepin … more →
Spring is here already?
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wrote 1 year ago: Saturday February 4th was a beautiful day to crack open the hives and see what is going on with each … more →
Are the Bees Going to Make it?
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wrote 1 year ago: So I’m getting a little concerned with hive #2 or Kashyyyk as it known by some. There has been … more →
Things I did this winter while waiting for the bees - Part 2
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wrote 1 year ago: At the end of summer I did treat for the varroa mite with Formic Acid and the colony had a low mite … more →
Things I did this winter while waiting for the bees. Part 1
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wrote 1 year ago: I have been much more busy this winter with work and other obligations than in winters previous. I … more →
Tucking in the Bees
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wrote 1 year ago: The weather has changed quickly here in the Vancouver area. November 1oth it was around 15 Celsius a … more →
