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Post Hurricane Irene Bee Yard Inspections

Posted on August 30, 2011 by ed

As  Hurricane Irene passed over us, which was around 8:00 pm, Saturday, we lost power to our home. After 32 hours our electricity was restored and at that point we were able to begin our post-storm inspections. Today we found … Continue reading →

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Russian & Carniolan Breeding Yards

Posted on July 4, 2011 by ed

We are running two honeybee breeding yards; our Russian Honey Bee breeding yard, a picture (above) of it which is being used in our blog banner, and 8.5 miles away is our New World Carniolan  Honey Bee breeding yard (a … Continue reading →

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Cloake Board Day 6

Posted on June 25, 2011 by ed

We have completed 7 grafting sessions – so far we have grafted approximately 400 eggs this season. Yesterday was day 6 of the Cloake Board method for grafting session 7. I had to remove the slide and close the main … Continue reading →

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Russian & Carniolan Queens are Laying

Posted on June 5, 2011 by ed

Our 1st Russian Queens are laying nice solid patterns and we have begun to send them to their new homes.  We have a few of these left for anyone in immediate need.  Russian Queens from our 2nd grafting are also … Continue reading →

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