Contributed by Tyson Hermes Back in 2010, when I was thinking about becoming a beekeeper, I was reading the state and local laws to make sure it was okay for me to have bees at my house. In the course of this research I found a section of the Kentucky Revised Statute entitled "Beekeeping Fund." Apparently…
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Too Much of a Good Thing?
Contributed by Tyson Hermes Do you have too many hives in your apiary? The fall harvest is complete for most beekeepers in our area, and now we begin our Winter preparations. I have heard stories from a number of beekeepers (similar to my own situation)... There was not much, if anything, to harvest this Fall!…
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Not the foggiest idea!
Bugs, Blooms and Vittles By Chandra Mattingly In a previous blog, I mentioned fogging my honeybee hives with mineral oil to suppress mites. SIBA member Joan Chester, Independence, Ky., has started fogging her own hives with mineral oil to which she has added mint oil and asked me what I do. So here is an…
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IBA update for 4th Quarter Newsletter
Contributed by J. Morgan The season sure has flown by for us in SE Indiana. It seems like just yesterday we were talking about putting honey supers on our overwintered hives. Since then, we've already pulled our honey harvests, and we've been on to mite management, apiary increase and making FAT bees for the upcoming…
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