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| Grafting 2019! I mainly like to use OTS Queen rearing by Mel Disselkoen, but I had to try my hand at grafting also just to see what that was all about. |
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| Day 1 after grafting, they are starting to take. |
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| Again the festooning.... love this! |
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| The finished product with bees cleared away. I liked grafting but you need to have somewhere to go with the cells right away or keep them in an incubator. |
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| A beautiful new queen from a graft! |
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| Love these brood patterns from OTS Queens and definitely love my Dadant Smoker. |
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| More 2019 grafted cells! |
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| 2019 mating nucs by the Siberian Iris's |
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| Skunk cabbage blooming. I waited along time in the marsh on a 40 degree day to catch these pictures of bees on skunk cabbage. |
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| Capped honey frames ready for extraction |
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| Pickle bloom |
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| New Queens always make me smile! |
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| Big fat Goldie Queen |
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| Native bees had a sleepover on the sunflower. They awoke when the sun warmed them and flew off later in the day! |
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| Honey and more honey. |
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| Predator 3 feet in front of the hives. |
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| Dill bloom, bees seemed to like the pollen. |
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| Birds-foot Treefoil bloom. More popular in Michigan's UP, but can be found around here. |
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| Put my hand right on this little buddy taking it out of the barn!! Thought it was a frog at first. |
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| Tennessee 2019 |
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| Garden Swarm |
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| Buckwheat in bloom planted by landowner at this 20 hive apiary |
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| Bellying up to the bar.....speaking of mead..... |
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| Nuc past ready to be picked up! |
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| In May and June, I can do bees from dawn till dusk! |
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| Queen in box, the others march right in. |
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| Beautiful May swarm :-) May is my favorite month. |
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| My daughters pickles went crazy with the help of honey bees for pollination! |
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| Anise Hyssop! The bees love it! |
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| When you forget to put in a frame and they make a whole frame of drone comb that you can cull :-) |
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| Varroa mite on Drone larva |
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| Grafted cells in the incubator. Chicken egg incubator works well. |
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| Ants attacking this hive |
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| Checking if grafts took. |
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| Cherry Bloom |
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| What not to do!!!! |
