Category: Articles
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This is a timeline to help us schedule inspections and beekeeping duties. A routine of feeding 1:1 sugar syrup was decided on to encourage the drawing out of the new frames with foundation. Special thanks to Ed & Susan for committing to routine syrup duty and Brice for keeping the apiary mowed. Our Bee School’s…
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Forage in August/September is primarily goldenrod and aster and in some areas Japanese knotweed, basswood & sumac. Some areas may see a dearth, or time when flowers are not giving up their nectar. Keep an eye out as we get into September for bees sniffing around seams of beehives. These are usually robber bees. You…
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July in the north-northeast usually has a steady nectar flow. Sumac and basswood trees are coming into bloom along with clover, milkweed and a whole host of wildflowers. See Pollinator Plants for Northern New England, UNH Supers Make sure your colonies have room to both evaporate nectar and store honey! Error on the side of…
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From time to time the club will post dates and times of members or community beekeepers offering to host hive inspection demonstrations.
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Thoughtful landowners can easily do further study in these times when choosing to use pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides but here are some quick insights.