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On Pursuit of Queens

The new queens arrived from B. Weaver Apiaries hand-delivered by the postman. It was time to get to work. I had split my strong hive in the backyard into two hives. Among these two splits, one had almost all of … Continue reading

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Gods and Queens

Since my last post, I have split the main hive in my backyard (the one featured in the youtube video). That means, in this case, that I took three supers and created a new hive with a new bottom board … Continue reading

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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

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