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Mating Bumblebees: A Rare Glimpse

October 5, 2016

Yesterday was so hectic for me. I’ve been getting up so early for my son to catch the bus each and every morning. Yes, I’m that early bird, catching the worm everyday at 5:30 am. I worked for a few hours and then ran tons of errands, went food shopping, played taxi driver for the…

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Honeybee Flights in December

December 1, 2014

Happy December first. Today is an unusually beautiful sunny day in the sixties here on Cape Cod. Last week we had some cooler temperatures in the lower forties and high thirties but today is a very good bee day. The honeybees were so happy to have the sun warm their hives. In fact, the…

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Two Beehives Become One

September 1, 2014

About a couple of week’s ago, one of my hives had practically succumb to a complete death. A day or so after I witnessed that, I began the rebuilding by adding a few frames of brood from another hive and two frame of honey. This past week, we combined an early summer nuc that we made with…

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Winter Cleansing Flights of Honeybees

February 3, 2013

Like all living things, even honeybees use the “bathroom”. However, during the wintertime, they are confined to their cluster without the ability to leave. In the cluster, their main goal is to keep the queen and any existing brood very warm. This cluster only breaks on warmer winter days. During the break, the bees…

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Mating Bumblebees: A Rare Glimpse

Honeybee Flights in December

Two Beehives Become One

Winter Cleansing Flights of Honeybees

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