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Bee Spring Has Sprung, Is Springing, or Will Spring
Happy New Year! I haven’t written anything since last year. Maybe this year, you and I will get a better grip on this bee thing——maybe. hehe. Did you know that Bee Spring has sprung? Sure has, in South Florida.The bees are gearing u ...
FYI
Just for your information, I have not been able to post this month because of family illnesses. I am somewhat better but, my mother-in-law was in the hospital for about a week and my wife, Bettie, flew out to West Texas to be with her. Now they are o ...
Rest Time
My bees are all tucked in with instructions to come and go as they see fit, but no overnighters. I want all my bees home by dark and no late partying. I myself have been getting into bed as early as 5:30 pm and as late as 11:00 pm these last 3 weeks. ...
Bee Winter Is Here!!
To the bees, it is now Winter. It is time for them to shut down on brood rearing. Time to kick out the drones. Time to vegetate for a while. Time to eat some of the honey stores they have put up for hard and cold times. Do they have any honey? Oh my! ...
Update on Fish Fry/Mini-Workshop
My wife and I were late getting to the mini-workshop as it was our turn to pick up aluminum cans for the Neighborhood Watch. Everyone else that could pick up for us was out of town. When we got to the meeting place, the speakers were winding down wit ...
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Honey Run Apiaries - Beekeeping News
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Farmworker death attributed to heart, not bees
03-17-06: The February death of a Santa Maria farmworker who was attacked by bees has stirred some suspicion that African honey bees - also known as “killer bees” - caused the fatality. ...
Georgia prepares as killer bees migrate across the South
03-18-06: Georgia officials are worried an invasion of killer bees from Florida may cross the state line this year, before moving north into other Southern states. ...
Bees buzzin' again; residents beware
03-17-06: Temperatures are warming and flowers will bloom soon. ’Tis the season to beware of bees in Roosevelt County. ...
Kids Korps is all abuzz about making hives
03-17-06: With hammers and nails, local members of Kids Korps have learned to make beehives for a women's cooperative in Mexico. ...
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