by BeeQueen | Apr 26, 2013 | News
THE PROGRAM FOR THIS HAS CHANGED> Want to meet the State Apiarist? Keith Tignor will be presenting at the Loudoun Beekeepers Association on Monday, June 3rd. See: http://www.loudounbee.org/index.html
by BeeQueen | Apr 22, 2013 | News
Marking queens help you keep track of which queen is in your colony, to track the “provenance” or breeder background, keep track of swarming, etc. Here are links to two videos- one using a queen tube, and another using hands and fingers. Make you own queen...
by BeeQueen | Mar 21, 2013 | Bee Informed Surveys
The Bee Informed Partnership in association with state and federal apiary services is conducting two online surveys. One is on winter losses; the other is on management practices. Participation in the surveys is totally anonymous. There is only enough information...
by BeeQueen | Mar 20, 2013 | Swarming
Swarm Season is here. A nice resource on managing your colony when you see swarm cells is brought to us from “over the pond” and can be found here: http://pwrbeekeepers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/queencells.pdf Consider raising your own queen with one...
by BeeQueen | Mar 20, 2013 | News
Your Bees are Making Plans, Have You Made Yours? It’s April- Are your supers on yet? Remember that Spring Management talk about when Spring time starts for a honey bee, creating space, giving the Queen room to lay? Get supers on colonies now if they are not...
