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April 2022
Hive Talk April 2022 Preventive measures bees
March 2022
Hive Talk March 2022 Beneficial flowers bees
February 2022
Hive Talk February
January 2022
Hive Talk January 2021 Cluster
December 2021
Hive Talk December 2021 honey questions
October 2021
Hive Talk October Yearly Recap
May 2021
Hive Talk May 2021 Varroa Mite
April 2021
Hive Talk April 2021 Spring observations
March 2021
Hive talk waggle dance shake and wake
February 2021
Hive Talk February heater bees
January 2021
January 2021 hive talk
November 2020
Hive Talk November 2020 Winter
Since my last report in October, the activities in the hives have been really quiet.
September 2020
Hive Talk Sept 2020 Hands on is my best teacher
June 2020
A new beginning for Zena Bee’s.
March 2020
Obituary Notice - South and Middle Hive. North Hive is still alive.
February 2020
Varroa mites you ask? These little critters are a bee’s nemesis!
January 2020
January Zena B's Mainstreeter Report 2020 During these cold winter days, I take the opportunity to peruse the information that I've collected...
November 2019
Preparing for the long winter ahead. - Ensure that the bees have enough food to last until April. .....
October 2019
The bees are preparing for their long winter hiatus. They certainly deserve it! As the daylight hours reduce each progressive day, the bees prepare their home for the dark, cold days and nights ahead. The bees produce an excretion called ‘propolis’. It is tree sap that bees use to close...
September 2019
The lazy days of summer were not so lazy for the ‘girls’. The honey bees foraged on canola, pea, wildflowers, alfalfa, trees, grasses. You name it, they were there checking it out...
June 2019
Activity has ramped up quite a bit at ZenaB’s and I’m finding those muscles that I haven’t used since last honey season are waking up and telling me “lift with your legs”! Or, have Dave come and help with the heavy lifting...
April 2019
Spring is the in air, or trying to, as I have yet to remove my insulated wraps off of my honey bee hives. Most of you know Dave and I have three Honeybee colonies just outside of the town limits. This is our second season. I started ‘honey’ beekeeping last year because of the interest my niece...
