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06/10/2015 13:24
Coweta Sustainable Beekeeping - Summer Queens
Summer Queens
© 2015 Steven E. Page
Why
Kill mites. Raising an emergency queen creates a broodless period. As the new queen’s larvae grow the mites enter the first cells that will be capped to lay eggs. The capped cells trap the mites. All the mites die in any cell...
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05/31/2015 13:40
Coweta Sustainable Beekeeping REVISED
Sustainable Beekeeping....
Steven Page
November 8, 2014, revised May 31, 2015 (improvements and error corrections)
© 2014-2015 Steven Page
Click here to download a pdf file of this article.
Most beekeepers are not sustainable; they purchase nucs or packages each spring to replace...
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05/29/2015 07:29
Coweta Sustainable Beekeeping - Photos
An emergency queen. “A novice beekeeper can raise the best queens in the world” Mel Disselkoen author OTS queen Rearing
14 queen cells on on frame
A beeyard with 15 hives. The four tall hives survived the winter and are making honey. The other hives are new...
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05/22/2015 18:33
Coweta Sustainable Beekeeping - Raise Queens and Make Splits, week two
It’s time to... make splits.
Once we pass the 15th of May the resources in production hives can be used to make splits to establish new colonies in empty hives and nucs.
This article covers setting up splits with brood and queen cells seven days after notching young worker...
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05/15/2015 18:02
Coweta Sustainable Beekeeping - Raise Queens and Make Splits, week one
It’s time to...
It’s time to start preparing for next spring.
A PDF file of this article with photos
It’s time to start making new colonies if you have empty nucs and hives. Now, because the hives are strong with many frames of brood. The nectar flow will end...
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01/13/2015 08:12
Coweta Sustainable Beekeeping - And The Journey Begins
Sustainability was the subject of the presentation at the meeting of the Coweta Beekeepers Association on January 12, 2015.
This year is the beginning of a new era of sustainable beekeeping. As we implement and refine the Coweta Beekeeping Method we will become...
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11/10/2014 13:26
Coweta Sustainable Beekeeping
Sustainable Beekeeping....
Steven Page
November 8, 2014, revised May 31, 2015 (improvements and error corrections)
© 2014-2015 Steven Page
Click here to download a pdf file of this article.
Most beekeepers are not sustainable; they purchase nucs or packages each spring to replace...
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