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Finally SUCCESS

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It is now March 2020 and there are still 4 hives alive. The red and white are still strong after the winter, green and blue are weaker, but all have started collecting pollen. The year for these 4 seems to start well. The swarm from last year, which was yellow did not survive the winter. So we are going into spring with already 4 hives and I have ordered 2 more. So we should hopefully have this year 6 hives and perhaps a one or the other swarm.Santa was really nice this year and we have now the possibility to measure temperature and humidity in… Read More »Finally SUCCESS

A new year 2020

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One more time:The last 3 years with my bees have been very hard. I got new bees in the spring every year. Everything developed great during the summer. We could harvest honey and are able to sell. I thought this year is the year and I will finally be able to keep my bees again over the winter. My goal always was not needing to buy new ones from somewhere in the south every year. High hopes during the summer and then the winter brought me back to reality and I lost all my hives. My beehouse is now protecting my bees, but again no… Read More »A new year 2020

A new year 2019

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A hive, as I have it, is not the same as a hole in a tree, as the bees would use naturally in many cases. So last summer I started to build a new home for my bees. I want them better protected from the environment and perhaps this way I can increase the odds that my bees survive.

My bees during 2017

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Now we are in 2017. Shortly after New year I discovered already that the blue hive has died. I was very disappointed, because I had high hopes. The green one in January when it got warm was weak, but alive. The red was doing fine and looked very good. Than the could March came. This was too much for the green hive. Also the green hive died and I had only one hieve surviving the winter of 2016/2017. So I had to buy new bees. In April I got 3 new hives and I was back-up to 4 hives. I had so much hope that this… Read More »My bees during 2017

My bees during 2016

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I have not found any time to really post and give an update about my bees. Just a few weeks ago I got feed back from a neighbor , who expressed a bit disappointment, that I have not continued writing. So here I go. First a short recap of 2016. During the winter I only lost one hive and started Spring of 2016 with 3 hives. I could not figure out why, but the new split ( white ) died during the winter. The year 2016 was the first year with more honey. The bees have enjoyed the flowers Christiane is planting and the 3 remaining hives… Read More »My bees during 2016

Summer is almost over

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I have not updated my blog for a while. The summer was so busy and I was attending my bees. So here a short update what has happened. As you know only 2 hives survived the winter. The green and the blue hive. The blue hive was driving very well the whole summer and I was able to split it in July. Now I have a new red hive and the blue allowed me to even get some honey this summer. Only a few pounds, but better than nothing. The green hive was not doing very well the whole summer and I was only busy… Read More »Summer is almost over

Our bees

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We received beginning of June 2014 our first 3 bee hives. During the summer and into the autumn the bees developed great. The red hive seemed to wanted to swarm in late September, but I was able to prevent it and even substitute the queen as I had the understanding the old queen has died. Perhaps it was not trying to swarm in the first place and only missing the queen already. I am not sure what really happened. The reason I am writing today is, that I sadly discovered today that the same red bee hive died. Today I found only dead bees. Thousands… Read More »Our bees