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Category Archives: top bar hive
Definitely Dead
The Carny hive, suspected of demise (and then a spark of hope), is now, finally, dead. Here is what I found: Of 23 top bars drawn out with comb, bars 13-19 were heavy with honey. Dead bees littered the floor … Continue reading →
Posted in bees, spring, top bar hive
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Tagged colony collapse disorder, dead hive, hobby beek, urban beekeeping
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Hive Alive!
It’s still too chilly out to do a full hive inspection, but experienced beekeepers are easing our fears of calamitous collapse in our Carniolan hive. Last week when I wrote to Christine, our neighbourhood beek captain, she immediately assuaged my … Continue reading →
A cry for honeybee help
What do you do with dead bees? I don’t mean the steady trickle of bees who have lived out their useful lives. I mean couches of bees in fungal shrouds. The ‘uh-oh, my bees are dying’ kind of dead bees. … Continue reading →
Posted in bees, Fungi, honeybees, rain, top bar hive, winter
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Tagged dead honeybees, help with bees
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Buzz-Kill at the Bee Hive: The importance of hive inspection
After inspecting our hives weekly during May and then monthly into mid-summer, we left the bees to their own bees-ness during the remainder of summer and fall. This was in part because they appeared to be doing well, in part … Continue reading →
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