Beekeeper Mentoring and Small Hive Beetles
I had been contacted earlier this year, by a local gentleman who was interested in keeping bees. He asked me if he could spend some time with me while I …
2008 Honeybee Thoughts
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 …
New World Carniolan Stock plus Olympic Rowers Tour Apiary
Charlie Toth Charlie Toth came over to pick up some new stock for his operation. We have been procuring New World Carniolan stock from each other’s operations for the last …
Equalizing the Winter Nucs
When setting up nucleus colonies for queen rearing or over-wintering, it is important to have sufficient bees of all ages to perform the necessary jobs for survival. We usually start …
New Beekeepers
Over the last several years in New Jersey there has been an increase in the number of residents becoming hobbyist beekeepers. There are a number of reasons for this including …
Honey Bee Observation Hive
We have been maintaining the Heath Farm observation hive for the last 6 years. It is a beautiful Draper Superbee observation hive. The Heath Farm homestead was started by a …
Mary’s Honeybee Pollen Patties
My homemade pollen patty is an important part of the diet we provide our queen bees to encourage strong egg production. Our young queens have nurse bees to support them, …
Results of Saturday’s Honeybee Grafting
Mary is viewing the grafting frame with 3 rails. The top two rails hold the New World Carniolan queen cells and the bottom rail holds the Russian queen cells. This …
Butterfly Weed at 7:00am on 8.9.10
At 7:00am this morning I came upon this solitary Butterfly Weed Asclepias Tuberosa next to one of our hives; it is a species of Milkweeds. In this location we have …
Kim Flottum to speak at October 2nd NJBA meeting
I want to give you a heads up on the upcoming New Jersey Beekeepers Association meeting on October 2, 2010. It is being hosted by the Central Jersey Beekeepers Association …
Inspecting a Honeybee Hive
As I approach any colony of honeybees for any kind of inspection, my observations begin before I open the hive. I keep a written record of every colony, noting the …
One Final Queen Grafting
We decided to do one final queen grafting for the season. In the top picture Mary is grafting newly hatched eggs from Sue Cobey’s New World Carniolan breeder queen. We …
