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Honeybee Instrumental Insemination

Posted on January 26, 2012 by ed

After completing two courses at the University of California, Davis Mary devoted a full year to mastering instrumental insemination – while still managing 100 plus hives and 15 out yards. We decided to sell our instrumental insemination equipment after we … Continue reading →

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Beekeeper donates Nikon Microscope

Posted on January 17, 2012 by ed

We took our 1st instrumental insemination course at the University of California, Davis in 2007. In 2008 Mary went back to California to complete the advanced instrumental insemination course with Sue Cobey. Back at home we had setup a really … Continue reading →

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Beekeeping Business Goals for 2014

Posted on August 28, 2010 by ed

Now that Ed has retired we have begun enlarging our operation to 200 hives. In addition we are reworking our business and marketing plans to reflect our new business goals. Lastly we are continuing our queen rearing operation and next … Continue reading →

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2008 Honeybee Thoughts

Posted on August 19, 2010 by ed

August 2008 Our bees this year have been very strong and we have had many New Jersey beekeepers purchase our locally produced queens; the word has gotten around about what we are trying to accomplish by not using chemicals and … Continue reading →

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