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bvar22

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46. Congratulations!

Wed May 23, 2012, 01:04 PM

May 2012

We used to live in Minnesota,
and hold that state close to our hearts.
We MISS the stark beauty of the Minnesota Winter.

Good Luck with your Bees.
I defies belief that they can survive a Minnesota Winter,
but they can.

Check in the Rural/Farm Group.
I will post info on Small Scale Decentralized, Organic BeeKeeping there.
We recently built a low cost DIY Honey Extractor (centrifuge) that worked beyond our expectations.
You won't need it this year, but maybe next year.

I posted a photo of it up thread,
and will post the plans and photo guide in the Rural/Farm & DIY Forums in a few days.

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BEES!!! If you love them and want to give them a home, please check in. [View all] bvar22 May 2012 OP

Just ask Nicolas Cage thelordofhell May 2012 #1

kick! jannyk May 2012 #2

This is a really interesting post. Thanks so much for posting. Esse Quam Videri May 2012 #3

Thank you for recognizing the importance of bees to our survival on this planet! left on green only May 2012 #4

Stupid question, maybe. Esse Quam Videri May 2012 #5

Yes. There is One Queen in every hive, bvar22 May 2012 #10

Very cool. pintobean May 2012 #6

Thank You. bvar22 May 2012 #27

My mother-in-law had bees on her property. It was a great business. People would beg her southernyankeebelle May 2012 #7

Very cool bee shots in this video... Scuba May 2012 #8

Wish I could but the farms' pesticides near us kill them. glinda May 2012 #9

See the film "Queen of the Sun". zentrum May 2012 #11

I was considering this MuseRider May 2012 #12

We have bees at our church wryter2000 May 2012 #13

I give you mad props for doing this tabbycat31 May 2012 #14

Middle of Los Angeles, and I have lots and lots of bees. JDPriestly May 2012 #15

Beautiful! Marrah_G May 2012 #16

My art student's made the art for this video: rainy May 2012 #17

That is beautiful. I love the music and the last artwork, nice finish. sabrina 1 May 2012 #37

That was beautiful and inspiring. bvar22 May 2012 #51

All the bees are in Utah. DocMac May 2012 #18

Thank you very much for this. When we moved to Eastern WA, we jtuck004 May 2012 #19

kick! really interesting. Liberal_in_LA May 2012 #20

Thanks for your contribution..... MindMover May 2012 #21

We have a hive in our backyard. denbot May 2012 #22

Congratulations. bvar22 May 2012 #33

those are only european honey bees, there are hundreds more native bee species pasto76 May 2012 #23

BEES!! harmonicon May 2012 #24

I keep bees Mojorabbit May 2012 #25

Good point. bvar22 May 2012 #31

Cool! Mojorabbit May 2012 #35

Our bees came this weekend. So far so good. It is kind of cold but if they are going to live they jwirr May 2012 #26

Congratulations! bvar22 May 2012 #46

Thank you. We are seeking the advice of keepers up here who do it every year. At the moment I jwirr May 2012 #47

Black Bears are a problem for BeeKeepers here too. bvar22 May 2012 #54

Cloquet area. Our fence is eletrified also. Fortunately we have no had the drought problems yet. jwirr May 2012 #55

That is a beautiful area. bvar22 May 2012 #59

We are very lucky in the natural resources we have up here. One of the problems used to be that jwirr May 2012 #62

I have an extreme phobia of bees. Odin2005 May 2012 #28

+infinity Blue_Tires May 2012 #32

Cool! Solly Mack May 2012 #29

I planted lots of flowers in the back yard for the bees XemaSab May 2012 #30

I was planning to put a hive on our place arikara May 2012 #34

We use no chemicals. bvar22 May 2012 #40

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2012 #36

Someone around the corner from me keeps bees! And my aunt just started too.. stuntcat May 2012 #38

You guys are my heroes. Really. Horse with no Name May 2012 #39

Thanks for the kind words. bvar22 May 2012 #42

You are very inspirational Horse with no Name May 2012 #43

K & R ...I love honey bees. L0oniX May 2012 #41

I love them too catchnrelease May 2012 #44

K&R! Omaha Steve May 2012 #45

If I ever get land I'd like to start beekeeping 4th law of robotics May 2012 #48

Bee fan here! K&R whatchamacallit May 2012 #49

I'm not really in a position to have beehives right now, but did you see my bee story Arkansas Granny May 2012 #50

Thank you for this post Carolina May 2012 #52

Howdy, fellow bee keeper! :) Javaman May 2012 #53

Very Cool. bvar22 May 2012 #58

Wow, I really like that extractor. Javaman May 2012 #61

It is fairly simple. bvar22 May 2012 #63

That is really fantastic. :) Javaman May 2012 #66

We didn't use a filter on the Maiden run. bvar22 May 2012 #68

I have a completely different question... Javaman May 2012 #70

er... LadyHawkAZ May 2012 #56

K&R. Thanks for posting. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #57

Bee Music kentauros May 2012 #60

So many questions! Old Troop May 2012 #64

We love the questions. bvar22 May 2012 #65

I keep bees on my property Capn Sunshine May 2012 #67

We love the concept of Top Bar Hives, bvar22 May 2012 #69