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Seems to be a great example the you need more that a good queen for a colony to thrive. All ages of workers is a must.

Great little pbs bit on tulip poplars from Our State. Start watching at 11 mins. I enjoyed the local NC folk story teller.

http://video.unctv.org/video/1678042489/

Looks like some of bees are moving on to clover.

My work is a honey bee sanctuary. Tons of clover, at least until Thursday (grass cutting day).

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Rob spells out what happened to me and a the swarm I caught. They were building out box after box of foundation I placed on them. I kept feeding them because the were a comb building machine. I inspected them into the brood last Saturday and found a capped swarm cell and a few just started cells wit...

Interesting article about how bees forage.

http://www.agriculturejournals.cz/publi ... 113607.pdf

I've been watching all the huge clover patches at my work and have yet to see a bee on them. I've been wondering what the bees have been working since my colony's have stopped taking syurp. I took walk around my building today and found a massive amount of blackberries being worked. They look to be ...

I had to try again...

Just as today got better and temps went up, bees were all over them again. It looks to be a hawthorne of some type.

http://www.oplin.org/tree/fact%20pages/ ... horne.html

Believe I was able to figure it out using an iphone app. Its falling into the cherry tree category. I wonder how long the blooms will hang around?

Oh they love it. Nice full pollen baskets full of yellow pollen. They are small in night so I would think they would be a great one to have around homes.

The quotable beekeeper himself. I enjoyed the book that followed him around one season., The Beekeeper's Lament.

http://youtu.be/MfRHrJunQ8M

I've bee watching the below three the last few days at my work. Friday there were buds and it's in full bloom. There were tons of bees working them. Anyone know what kind of tree this is?

Also, I see that the local blackberry vines have buds on them.

Rob and I checked my hives today and let me say, staying in contact with your mentor and having them come out to you hives is invaluable. Thanks Rob! Below you'll see a picture of my Brushy Mountain top hive feeder. This is the "new and improved style." If you take a look you will see a lo...

No problem. I ended up watching it later after the recording was posted.

Tomorrow The Ohio University is hosting a free webinar on making colony spits. They will have more during the year. Link and more info is below. Courses/Webinars 014 Beekeeping Webinar Series (9:00 to 10:00AM Eastern) Join our mailing list for reminders and log-in instructions. Webinars are typicall...

Swarms can build up fast. 20 frames of med foundation drawn in 9 days. I'm going to have to keep my eye on them.

Check on the swarm hive yesterday. They are very active at the entrance coming and going with lots of pollen. They had taken all of the sugar syrup (About 1.5 gals.) from a top feeder. I didn't do an inspection but I'm looking to get into the hive this weekend to see how things are going. They were ...

I was able to get in to my hives yesterday to check for queen release. I hived these packages last sat. In one of my hives I found the queen and eggs on lightly drawn foundation. My other hive is a different story. The queen had been released but no sign of her. I did see where the colony had made a...

Here are some pics