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Garden Gate:  Photos of my new hives and bees  |
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jo Thompson
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jo
the mountainside of the Chugach
in Alaska
USA
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 Posted - Jun 07 2009 : 11:03:29 AM
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Just wanted to share them....... They're my italian hives here on the right. It was fun getting the hives ready, painted and settled in with frames.
Maybe you'll take up bees too!
"life is drab without a lab"
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couggardengirl
True Blue Farmgirl
89 Posts
Bridgette
Clarkston
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2009 : 11:08:30 AM
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Jo,
How exciting! Makes me more intrigued to learn as much as I can from my beekeeper friend. We talked yesterday about learning this year and getting a hive of my own next year. Time to start studying! :) Congrats on your bees!
Bridgette |
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Desiree
Farmgirl in Training
48 Posts
Desiree
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2009 : 11:10:54 AM
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Great pictures!! I have always wanted to raise bees, but live in a subdivision. How much honey will you get from that one hive? What kind is it, clover?
HONEY LOVER,
Desiree
Simple Living With Nature........Farmgirl #157
www.beyondagarden.blogspot.com
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
1818 Posts
Katie
Illinois
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Posted - Jun 07 2009 : 11:35:20 AM
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Love your bee pix! Our neighbor said he'll open up the hive this week so we can all peek inside. Hope they're as happy as yours are!!
www.youaretoocreative.blogspot.com |
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jo Thompson
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jo
the mountainside of the Chugach
in Alaska
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2009 : 2:47:40 PM
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You can have beehives right on a postage stamp lot. The woman who is mentoring me lives next to a schoolyard in a normal city lot. They have 5 hives there....... They fly up and out. Her bees make a load of honey because of the clover from the schoolyard. The children aren't in school when the clover blooms so there aren't any worries about kids and bees. Some of the best hives are in downtown Anchorage with all the flowers that the city puts out in the summer. You can keep bees anywhere........
"life is drab without a lab"
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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QueenofQuiteAlot
True Blue Farmgirl
865 Posts
Dalyn
Milk 'n Honey Ranch
Central, WA
USA
865 Posts |
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lacisne88
True Blue Farmgirl
1181 Posts
Chelsey
Lake Stevens
Washington
USA
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 10 2009 : 8:27:43 PM
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Oh, I feel like itching!!!!!!!! LOL Cool picture. Thanks for the post.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Woodswoman
True Blue Farmgirl
512 Posts
Jennifer
Altamont
NY
USA
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Posted - Jun 12 2009 : 5:11:03 PM
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Congratulations!!
I have four hives at my house (we are probably going to have to divide one to make it five soon). I absolutely love it! I go out every morning to say good morning to my "ladies". Our first year we got about 25 lbs of honey per hive. This year it should be more as they are already established.
Good luck!!!
Jennifer
Farmgirl Sister #104
"Nature brings to every time and season some beauties of its own".
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
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Posted - Jun 12 2009 : 11:51:46 PM
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I would like to get some bees to, only I hate getting stung. Is there any way to not get stung?
Shirley |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4739 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Jun 13 2009 : 4:08:22 PM
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That has to be the most colorful bee box I have ever seen. I grew up next to a bee keeper and his boxes, all 20+ of them, were painted plain old white.
Enjoy your honey!
Dawn in IL |
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Garden Gate: Photos of my new hives and bees |
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Photos of my new hives and bees
