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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Out of the Woodwork
One aspect of beekeeping that might not be readily apparent to the prospective beekeeper is the amount of woodwork that you do. For most of us, it’s not exactly carpentry. We are not taking planks of wood and transforming them … Continue reading
Searching for bees
I spent part of the day today searching for bees with Professor Tadauchi, Entomology Department Chairman at Kyushu University. We visited two shrines and a park, examining large old trees, looking for a large hollow tree that might have a … Continue reading
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Coming: a strip mall near you
On the way home, I decided to stop off in this field and see what kind of bee activity might be going on among these wildflowers. This large empty lot is not far from my home, so it is conceivable … Continue reading
A Second Warre Hive
There is a Japanese user on Youtube called mituro36 who has uploaded a large number of videos on native Japanese honeybees. After I watched his videos (both in Japanese and in English) about how to make a traditional Japanese beehive … Continue reading
Kill them with fire
I decided to take a look inside my two hives behind my house today. I wanted to know how they were doing in respect to the spring nectar flow. How much honey are they producing? Are they building out comb? … Continue reading
An active beehive
Both of these hives I inherited from my father last year when he moved to Japan. The one on the left is going gangbusters, while the one on the right is not doing as well. Last year, the opposite was … Continue reading
A Warre Hive
On Thursday, a friend of a member of the entomology department, Yuji Inoue, brought a homemade Warre beehive (sans bees) up to the Agriculture Building #1, and we placed it on the roof of the building with my other hives. … Continue reading
New queens ordered
My original package of bees was ordered in Spring 2007 from B. Weaver Apiaries in Navasota, Texas. I selected a BeeSMaRt queen. She was marked with paint on her thorax. However, within weeks, I noticed half of the paint had … Continue reading
A beginning
I started this blog as a place where my father (Layne) and I can write about our experiences with beekeeping. Neither of us are professional beekeepers. My father is an entomologist and has kept bees for many years, since I … Continue reading
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