http://www.jennifer-berrybees.com/beekeepers-notebook daily 1.0 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1399396590696-326BAXMON6V0388RCDD3/Beehive.Jennifer.14.jpeg Beekeeper's Notebook http://www.jennifer-berrybees.com/beekeepers-notebook/2014/5/16/nucs-for-sale monthly 0.5 2016-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1400288527685-QGWYI68INZTHR9ZDR7VH/image.jpg Beekeeper's Notebook - Nucs for sale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1400288562604-M4Q8C1O0X8V2H76G17EZ/image.jpg Beekeeper's Notebook - Nucs for sale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1400288638077-E440NE4D928L6QOBUB44/image.jpg Beekeeper's Notebook - Nucs for sale http://www.jennifer-berrybees.com/beekeepers-notebook/2014/5/6/zombee-parasite-new-challenge-for-imperilled-honey-bees monthly 0.5 2014-05-06 http://www.jennifer-berrybees.com/beekeepers-notebook/2014/5/30/marla-spivak-one-of-my-heroes-on-the-future-of-honeybees monthly 0.5 2014-05-30 http://www.jennifer-berrybees.com/beekeepers-notebook/2014/5/30/keep-beekeeping-free-and-accessible monthly 0.5 2016-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1401465322004-W6EA4CAFIAGZBPYYR2OH/apiary+in+the+sky Beekeeper's Notebook - Make Beekeeping Free and Accessible! 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Petition to make beekeeping free and legal http://www.jennifer-berrybees.com/beekeepers-notebook/2016/4/3/expanding-the-apiary-at-bloomfield-farm monthly 0.5 2016-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1459718707055-Y608WTFYQSDNFSV4SCMS/hive+stands Beekeeper's Notebook - Expanding the Apiary at Bloomfield Farm Hive stands from Country rubes. worth the price, with screened bottoms that can be closed, monitoring boards, and beetle baffles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1459720174814-NUUID6WEU9QZH59NM1EC/now+they+were+ten Beekeeper's Notebook - Expanding the Apiary at Bloomfield Farm Now we are ten https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1459720275059-CTOTXMQ6W9WBDD4QY6PB/barn+at+sunset Beekeeper's Notebook - Expanding the Apiary at Bloomfield Farm barn at sunset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1459719305452-EKA1S6G93HD9AQRC9E2A/beautiful+bee+bread+%28pollen%29 Beekeeper's Notebook - Expanding the Apiary at Bloomfield Farm Beautiful bee bread, made from pollen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1459719769181-5FNIBPUDTGSMGS90JBBR/the+queen+is+dead Beekeeper's Notebook - Expanding the Apiary at Bloomfield Farm The queen is dead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1459719155704-4ZDHYQGMCH5JN1SKZGSX/healthy+brood Beekeeper's Notebook - Expanding the Apiary at Bloomfield Farm gorgeous, Healthy brood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1459719922646-I3WLKZ8LS0ST5H0PLSTZ/nuc+introduction Beekeeper's Notebook - Expanding the Apiary at Bloomfield Farm nuc introduction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1459718184357-OLY102DKG7V5XX2ZSEAW/JB+truck+with+hives Beekeeper's Notebook - Expanding the Apiary at Bloomfield Farm JB truck with hives in front of bloomfield farm's barn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1459718931653-IOCON1A60F9OHGU0EM80/Four+hives+and+a+platform Beekeeper's Notebook - Expanding the Apiary at Bloomfield Farm Awaiting the new hives http://www.jennifer-berrybees.com/beekeepers-notebook/2016/5/6/hiving-a-swarm-of-bees monthly 0.5 2016-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1463199835478-MWYNFDC1RPPA5DJSUFE5/tuttutitlookslikerain Beekeeper's Notebook - Hiving a Swarm of Bees This swarm was caught in a magnolia on a rainy day, so I put an old umbrella over them to help them dry out.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1463198985089-54OFQUCZHK4FG43L8WQ1/image-asset.jpeg Beekeeper's Notebook - Hiving a Swarm of Bees http://www.jennifer-berrybees.com/beekeepers-notebook/2016/6/1/b-code-work-in-progress monthly 0.5 2016-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1464805486590-GODR5M8HS5091Y2T1D58/B-codeV3_moldform Beekeeper's Notebook - B-Code work in progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1464805412408-63N9TM1UEIP3FG1NMQP1/B-codeV3_form Beekeeper's Notebook - B-Code work in progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1464807114964-HY1X6I1H15U3SGJD1GQO/image-asset.jpeg Beekeeper's Notebook - B-Code work in progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1464805870164-8RUKENJDR4GUDX00FNVZ/B-codeV3_closeupfinal.01 Beekeeper's Notebook - B-Code work in progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1464805546232-84E8OCHM8HDVIQG9855M/B-codev3_fullfinal.01 Beekeeper's Notebook - B-Code work in progress http://www.jennifer-berrybees.com/beekeepers-notebook/2019/1/11/gearing-up-for-spring monthly 0.5 2019-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1547262963419-JZEDF2DOWW4E908ST6G2/20171004.171017.JPG Beekeeper's Notebook - Gearing up for Spring Mini mating nucs. These boxes sit on top of standard hive boxes so you can “grow” your frames prior to moving them to their own stands. The shape allows for better thermo-regulation by nurse bees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1547658108793-CRT0W416UBSR143TTQFE/20180311.141121+%281%29.JPG Beekeeper's Notebook - Gearing up for Spring Hinged lids and center dividers so that each box gets two nucs with their own queen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1547262403554-UEQKBTQSUDZIL24WSO7H/20180405.140056.JPG Beekeeper's Notebook - Gearing up for Spring A mix of queen castles and minis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1547658424214-DVLR5VQOL7Y07TA3164Z/20180408.161449.JPG Beekeeper's Notebook - Gearing up for Spring One of the ways to draw comb quickly- throw a swarm on top https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1547263204699-VIMTKZRFQA6CNB9H1E87/image-asset.jpeg Beekeeper's Notebook - Gearing up for Spring Ordered chaos as I receive shipments, make modifications and build equipment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1547657367888-5DT4BQ4IGI2C703OMR6X/20180218.203153.JPG Beekeeper's Notebook - Gearing up for Spring First round of minis have been painted, only 40 more to go… http://www.jennifer-berrybees.com/beekeepers-notebook/2019/1/11/smokey-days-at-woolly-egg-ranch monthly 0.5 2019-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1547656569643-IP1X30GET139KD4OJFK7/Roll+16_16.jpg Beekeeper's Notebook - Smokey Days at Woolly Egg Ranch Getting creative- Normally Jennifer blows on bees to get them to move, but here she places her hand gently on top to get the bees to move https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1547268654981-A7ILI5YSPK4GTUR8QEIE/print%2B04.jpg Beekeeper's Notebook - Smokey Days at Woolly Egg Ranch Mini mating nucs for raising queens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1547268525197-N5XZXJDJVOEO23GNEQVO/bees%2B04.jpg Beekeeper's Notebook - Smokey Days at Woolly Egg Ranch Jennifer lights her smoker at the top of the hill under the eucalyptus grove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1547656385384-TCQT1ZJKNSKIN0ARXAAE/Roll+16_11.jpg Beekeeper's Notebook - Smokey Days at Woolly Egg Ranch Top bar hive inspection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1547268857400-2QG3DIHJRBLX356W8NF6/print%2B13.jpg Beekeeper's Notebook - Smokey Days at Woolly Egg Ranch Jennifer’s sweetheart misses his creme brulee torch, but its the best way to light a smoker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1547268719562-B12QWR8VTL38KY9Y19KQ/print%2B07.jpg Beekeeper's Notebook - Smokey Days at Woolly Egg Ranch Jennifer shows Megan how this hive is not doing well s a result of varroa mite infestation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1547267871309-NTUN3ZG6EKQ49EDKONP0/20181115.124809.JPG Beekeeper's Notebook - Smokey Days at Woolly Egg Ranch Megan Livie upon arrival at Woolly Egg Ranch. In her hand is a California Sister Butterfly, and being a new transplant, it was the first Megan had ever seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1547656505824-UB6A3XN8G63PWK3NUTF9/image-asset.jpeg Beekeeper's Notebook - Smokey Days at Woolly Egg Ranch Jennifer takes a peek at a top bar hive before opening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1547268690173-GMNYHJXSWB4HDEUAI4NG/print%2B05.jpg Beekeeper's Notebook - Smokey Days at Woolly Egg Ranch Jennifer opening hives in the mating yard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1547656742812-PCKAJFEJL6P5Y39KDI9E/Roll+18_4.jpg Beekeeper's Notebook - Smokey Days at Woolly Egg Ranch Eating lunch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1547268587147-ZE60E1RL4L9D4Y956UX4/print%2B09.jpg Beekeeper's Notebook - Smokey Days at Woolly Egg Ranch Photographers love to take photos of smoke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1547268750798-7QQSF2R0LC2BAAGCKZFX/print%2B08.jpg Beekeeper's Notebook - Smokey Days at Woolly Egg Ranch “Ok Megan, are you ready for this?” Jennifer shows off for the camera. http://www.jennifer-berrybees.com/beekeepers-notebook/2020/3/16/4v39xynndgk5lmowldfjlwkzw0f1uv monthly 0.5 2020-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1584380246885-INTXVBONC5KWMMIQ0F94/incubator Beekeeper's Notebook - Making nucleus colonies for new hives Some queens hatch out in an incubator, which allows me to evaluate each queen for fitness before she goes into a mating box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1584374458068-HPZQ1DL7UF4A857X8PVW/Mating+boxes+at+my+Quail+Ridge+apiary Beekeeper's Notebook - Making nucleus colonies for new hives Mating boxes at my apiary on Quail Ridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1584380961707-JSDUBKDVEBVC5PTEGBFJ/marking+a+queen Beekeeper's Notebook - Making nucleus colonies for new hives 2020 QUeens will have a blue dot on their backs to identify their age and make them easier to spot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1584380531667-GBSBJL0HD1QS6HKLABA9/nuc+colony.jpg Beekeeper's Notebook - Making nucleus colonies for new hives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1584381715830-P1Z3KQTAI5YRZ5H2AKZS/nucs+in+cardboard.JPG Beekeeper's Notebook - Making nucleus colonies for new hives Each nuc is transported in a cardboard nuc box to its new home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1584379950594-UKIZX15FGIPXCI4087MO/jb+graft+hand Beekeeper's Notebook - Making nucleus colonies for new hives Grafting larvae. On a side note, 1 day old larvae are too small for my camera to capture, so this is actually too old for a good graft! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1584376750759-NXS7UJ5L52WJPXFQECV7/mating+box+prep Beekeeper's Notebook - Making nucleus colonies for new hives Prepping mating boxes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1584380667820-L5IJOZC0LN7ZIS5SQJGW/queen+graft_natural+cell.JPG Beekeeper's Notebook - Making nucleus colonies for new hives QUeen cells are tended by nurse bees, who feed each QUeen Larvae 160 times a day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1584373316386-D4ZZXKQZF57QLRBEHMSD/FrontPorchFarmHives Beekeeper's Notebook - Making nucleus colonies for new hives Hives at Front Porch Farm in Healdsburg have just finished pollinating the plums and are ready for peaches and apples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1584373763385-4KLDY1I5HUHL1HMIS3O4/Lemon+apiary%2C+March+13th Beekeeper's Notebook - Making nucleus colonies for new hives We’ve harvested four supers of honey, and four deeps of bees and brood from these colonies in 2 weeks. http://www.jennifer-berrybees.com/beekeepers-notebook/2020/6/28/making-it-fancy-on-the-woolly-egg-ranch monthly 0.5 2023-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1593381008720-X5E2GVSNVMSH9Q05XJ85/IMG_8023.JPG Beekeeper's Notebook - Making it Fancy at the Woolly Egg Ranch Making sure the rails are level. Ken really puts himself into his work, pun intended. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1593380345079-2QKDBW3RJPDCNNPPH3U0/Walnutbefore Beekeeper's Notebook - Making it Fancy at the Woolly Egg Ranch The Walnut APiary in the Demo phase. Very Not fancy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1593380940248-ANAXW7BPLZGIJ48H0XUF/Ken+in+the+tractor Beekeeper's Notebook - Making it Fancy at the Woolly Egg Ranch Ken loads soil to level the yard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1593382409122-KXL5NBGXCJR9GXR2SDGM/IMG_8036.JPG Beekeeper's Notebook - Making it Fancy at the Woolly Egg Ranch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1593380550683-50H10IQJOOJATZ4MLQL4/Euc+rounds+in+place Beekeeper's Notebook - Making it Fancy at the Woolly Egg Ranch Posts have been set and soils added https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1593381143881-04GKKA0LRX0Z4ZFW2UYY/IMG_7957.JPG Beekeeper's Notebook - Making it Fancy at the Woolly Egg Ranch Ken setting the lag bolts to tie it all together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1593377915392-ZUDRADAQNS3MLPKBCAQH/IMG_7531.JPG Beekeeper's Notebook - Making it Fancy at the Woolly Egg Ranch The Observation deck, where visitors can lean over and watch demonstrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1593381362370-0SG1HAHD8MCD1HIXEFYP/WALNUT+APIARY Beekeeper's Notebook - Making it Fancy at the Woolly Egg Ranch The walnut apiary http://www.jennifer-berrybees.com/beekeepers-notebook/2021/1/23/unique-methods-for-a-unique-climate-winter-nectar-flow monthly 0.5 2021-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1611426292414-2FUMZAGWQ6J83MLAXKIS/Bettercomb.jpg Beekeeper's Notebook - Unique Methods for a Unique Climate: Winter Nectar Flow Image capture Bettercomb from BetterBee website https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1611425920359-JCTHJDBYAAWWLFXWS4RE/Backfilling+brood+comb Beekeeper's Notebook - Unique Methods for a Unique Climate: Winter Nectar Flow Brood comb is being backfilled with nectar in this frame from Jan 17, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1611426100103-MXAAW8Q5C2AVYDLMCVQF/Healthy+Brood+Comb Beekeeper's Notebook - 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Spring 2022 Update - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/3223d0b1-e15a-4ddf-b7f5-0773eb1371ab/8D49B5E9-B8EC-4FC2-9723-BE93D8595148.jpeg Beekeeper's Notebook - Spring 2022 Update - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1584373051610-WKTW8PKVRIQYHFWWRGGU/IMG_6922.JPG Beekeeper's Notebook - Spring 2022 Update - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.jennifer-berrybees.com/beekeepers-notebook/2023/5/21/queen-marking monthly 0.5 2023-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/695f4815-51ac-4e12-b657-4b35b73500f0/Queen+marking.JPG Beekeeper's Notebook - Queen marking - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.jennifer-berrybees.com/beekeepers-notebook/2023/7/21/instrument monthly 0.5 2023-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/5b6ac1ed-4af8-4204-95eb-5126974cc17e/IMG_0694.jpeg Beekeeper's Notebook - 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Instrumental Insemination of Queens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/f7fcbf41-80cb-49c5-8453-d94e0f576837/IMG_2261.jpeg Beekeeper's Notebook - Instrumental Insemination of Queens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/634b7bfb-6dde-42a7-ac07-039c74417f32/IMG_2140.jpeg Beekeeper's Notebook - Instrumental Insemination of Queens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/3109a4fa-22b3-4beb-b19c-273f5fe57089/IMG_2139.jpeg Beekeeper's Notebook - Instrumental Insemination of Queens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/b43a1288-8101-4636-9eeb-edadc594d773/IMG_1925.jpeg Beekeeper's Notebook - Instrumental Insemination of Queens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/ef499dd7-945c-4978-bf35-12801a38914d/IMG_0703.jpeg Beekeeper's Notebook - Instrumental Insemination of Queens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.jennifer-berrybees.com/beekeepers-notebook/2024/2/11/seasonal-observations-and-actions monthly 0.5 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/e3e00808-3af1-4631-ab4f-64b6cdd8a6bc/IMG_1147.jpg Beekeeper's Notebook - Preparing hives for Spring Photo of Jennifer by caley morrison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/1f14a87c-adea-4f34-953e-cb23dec622b3/acacia+bee.JPG Beekeeper's Notebook - Preparing hives for Spring Bee gathering acacia pollen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/533778dee4b0d7d8daac9a67/a580f649-244a-435b-abfa-98fe74842a59/IMG_2260.jpg Beekeeper's Notebook - 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