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Cold Spring Evenings have been tough on Queen Cells

Posted on May 4, 2012 by ed

Our queen rearing season usually runs from the 1st week of May to the middle of August.The recent cold Spring evenings have been tough on our  grafted cells from sessions 1 & 2. Depending on how well the new Carniolan … 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 Available in July

Posted on June 19, 2011 by ed

We have been selecting our queens as they get mated and begin laying, culling any that don’t measure up.  We alternate the graftings of each breeder queen, so Russians and Carniolans are ready in batches. We expect to have queens ready … Continue reading →

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