Assume & Presume – Myths & Facts
2025-01-09
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What is Reactive Beekeeping? There is more information available to help beekeepers succeed than ever before. That said, we have met several beekeepers who quit
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This is a journal of our beekeeping journal. The information here is our experience and discoveries. We are located in Ontario, Growing zone 6
The Investment in Bees – Time and Money
2025-01-09
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Note: This image is of nucs in our truck May 2024. There is more to beekeeping than the initial output. There is the time needed
How to Test for Varroa Destructor Mite
2025-01-09
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https://youtu.be/k95CrnTSTCY?si=CL712IRt01QOHpLN The University of Guelph has a fantastic YouTube channel designed to help new beekeepers get started. Their alcohol wash method is almost exactly what
Intro to Varroa Destructor Virus and Natural Treatments for New Beekeepers
2025-01-09
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Varroa Destructor Virus for New Beekeepers I remember being totally bewildered as a new beekeeper. I tried to learn about Varroa mite, and no
Overwintering Colonies
2024-12-16
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There are a few experiments we have done over the years to test overwintering methods. Some of them are fairly basic, and some of them
Importing Queens – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
2024-11-26
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The picture is of one of the Tenuta Buckfast queens from italy, imported by EarlyQueenArrivals.ca. We took this picture to show that the marks can
“It’s All About The Heat”
2024-08-18
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I went to Propolis etc in Guelph to pick up some queen rearing supplies and was pleasantly surprised to see Erica from ProtectaBEE giving a
Our Journey as Beekeepers
2024-04-10
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A Beekeeper’s Journey The learning curve may be a steady increase, but the results are flexible until you start experimenting and keeping data so that
To Feed or Not To Feed
2022-09-10
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There might have been a time when the environment supplied everything a bee needed from minerals to probiotics, the right balance of protein and carbohydrates.
