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Ten Rules of Modern Beekeeping… Part 1
10 Rules of Modern Beekeeping There are, I’m certain, far more than 10 rules that you can use to guide you through the common and mundane, the exciting and dangerous, and the curious and wonderful...
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10 Rules Part 2
Picking up where we left off with Good Queens, the next obvious piece of this is that good queens should be healthy beyond belief. If they were raised in luxury this will probably be the case when you...
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Rule 2 – Good Genetics The fundamentals of this rule are simple. Accomplishing them is somewhat more difficult, but you have to have a goal. You can raise your own queens to meet these standards or...
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by Kim Flottum Finishing up on Rule 2 about having Good Genetics, we get to the basics…resistant of the common problems, efficient producers, and well behaved. Resistant…that can be tricky, but almost...
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Ten Rules: Rule # 3 Part 1
Pest Management – Rule 4 Keep your hives isolated, as far from other beekeepers, and bees, as possible. Although the staple pests and diseases are still with us, and will rise and shine on occasion,...
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10rules: Rule 3, Part 2
Isolation is ideal, and mostly impractical any more. But for some it has worked for years. No new bees in the neighborhood can make it work…but there’s more tools to use when Varroa does, finally,...
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10 Rules: Rule #3 Part 3
Russian Bees Get It Right A handsome Russian Queen A noted honey bee scientist in the U.S. said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa. That he wanted to move on to some real science. The...
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Rule 7 Part 1
I’m jumping ahead this time but we’ll get back to Rule 3 soon. But this time I’m looking at something more timely…. The Seventh Rule is: Enough Good Food. I am guilty of not following this rule this...
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