Winterizing Your Hives

October 25, 2009
If you don't have your hives winterized (for Utah) you need to get it done.  Winter is fast approaching and soon it will be to late to open the hive.  Make sure that you allow time to check for disease and mites, timing is everything when it comes to beekeeping. 

Now is a good time to start planning on any new hives you might be adding. We will be supplying packages of bees this year, so if you are interested please call or email us. 

Posted by Jason Waite

 

Extraction

August 17, 2009
We extracted 1 of our hives this last week.  We were really surprised at how much we got from this one hive.  It was a new package of bees for the 2009 season that we placed in a bee yard located in an orchard.  Just from checking our bees we have noticed that ALL of our bees and the hives that we are removing have larger than normal amounts of honey in them.  There is an old wives tale that says if bees are store large amounts of honey then its going to be a cold hard winter.  I guess we wil...
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The benefits of bees

July 23, 2009
One of the bee yards that we keep 2 of our hives on is having overwhelming benefits from the placement of our bees.  This was the first year that we placed our bees on their property and they have a large amount of fruit trees.  In years past they have only had enough apriciots to use amongst their friends and family.  This year was different however, because of the bees they have had such a higher yield that they are selling bushels of apricots, we bought some for ourselves and they were del...
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Honey Almost Ready

July 2, 2009
We are getting really excited our newest batch of honey is almost ready for harvest.  The bees have been busy at work and it is really starting to pay off.
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Some hints on making sure you are not victim of a honey beehive.

July 2, 2009

Go around your home and look for any opening that a bee could possibly fit in, the opening could be as small as 3/8", pay close attention to homes and buildings with multi surfaces, such as stucco to brick.  Any surface that protrudes out is especially attractive to the bees. Fill these area with spray in foam or steel wool, silicone or caulking
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