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denbot

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11. I have a wild colony in my back yard.

Reply to JDPriestly (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 8, 2012, 05:51 AM

Mar 2012

I am going to move it into a Langstroth hive in the next week or so. Here in Los Angeles is a very active natural bee keeping society called Backwards Beekeepers, no pesticides, fungicides, forced comb cell sizing. Just stewardship of local bees.

http://www.backwardsbeekeepers.com/

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it's been a good winter for honey bees... [View all] mike_c Mar 2012 OP

Great! Bees = Life. nt onehandle Mar 2012 #1

Kick! nt TheWraith Mar 2012 #2

Used with permission? Gruntled Old Man Mar 2012 #3

it's a broadcast message board, so it's not apparent... mike_c Mar 2012 #4

du rec. nt xchrom Mar 2012 #5

That is good news. Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #6

Yes. I have great bees in my backyard this year. Our avocados need them. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #7

Rosemary is what the bees are after in winter here AnotherDreamWeaver Mar 2012 #8

Yes. Impossible to have too much rosemary. I love it. It smells so good in the garden. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #10

I have a wild colony in my back yard. denbot Mar 2012 #11

Mine either live in the ground or have a hive in a very narrow strip of bushes at the bottom of JDPriestly Mar 2012 #13

Good news indeed. Doremus Mar 2012 #9

It was EXTREMELY warm in the Ohio Valley region, they remained active all winter mtnester Mar 2012 #12

here are two of those bees amongst the almond blossoms near Winters, CA DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2012 #14

great pics.... mike_c Mar 2012 #15