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Burgh Bees: Zoo Class Part I
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Zoo Class Part I. Today we had wonderful sunny weather for our first official class for zoo staff, who have graciously welcomed honeybees into their beautiful workspace! We're looking forward to more of these education opportunities at the Zoo! Above, Meredith talks through basic hive etiquette before the group goes into the hive. Douglas Jones, Assistant Curator of Horticulture and Grounds, gets geared up for his trip into the hive. October 9, 2015 at 7:20 AM. Zoo Class Part I.
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Burgh Bees: Fall Extraction, Part II
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Sunday, September 20, 2009. Fall Extraction, Part II. At the kitchen, Joe Z., demonstrated how to uncap with several different knives. One of our students, Roberta, tests Joe's description of the knives. In the second video, note that Joe points out that up to 10% of the honey can be in the capings, which is why you want to collect those and harvest that honey as well. The honey flows out of the extractor through a spout on the side near the bottom. The honey is strained, but not filtered.
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Burgh Bees: Back to Blogging
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Sunday, September 20, 2009. At this point in the season, we are checking on our hives to make sure they are healthy heading into winter. To do this, we've reduced their entrances and installed mouse guards. To help accomplish these tasks, several of our class members have volunteered as stewards to watch the hives as the move into winter. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to our blog devoted to all things beekeeping, especially in Pittsburgh! Please visit out webiste, burghbees.com.
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Burgh Bees: Mt. Washington Installation
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Sunday, May 31, 2009. Robert and Alex carry in the first h. Two hives - a room with a view. When letting the bees out, we put some grass in front of the hive to disorient the bees so they know to reorient themselves to their new home. We added an extra hive body on the smaller hive. We sprayed the upper frames with sugar water to attract the bees to the upper box. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to our blog devoted to all things beekeeping, especially in Pittsburgh! Zoo Class Part I.
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Burgh Bees: Zoo Staff Class Part II
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Zoo Staff Class Part II. Robert teaches the group about how to find eggs and larva on a frame. Robert installed some experimental frames in the zoo hives-including a wire frame and plastic foundation frame-to compare first hand how the bees within the same hive react to the different equipment. Everyone takes a turn learning to handle the frames, including Emmett, who cleared the path for hive number two, which we looked at later. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Swarm Managem...
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Burgh Bees: September 2009
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Sunday, September 20, 2009. Fall Extraction, Part I. We were lucky enough to have a couple supers of fall honey on top of our one overwintered hive in Hazelwood. We feel very lucky as several of our beekeepers have noted a low fall flow this season. These gals have really been packing it in. In an urban area we are apt to use Bee Quick to clear the supers. Our students sprayed it onto the fume cover, and in the hot sun, the bees moved down into their hive bodies. Fall Extraction, Part II. We've also star...
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Burgh Bees: Hives to Braddock!
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009. Jennifer and Robert returned the Braddock feral bees that we removed from a derelict building back in April and had requeened, back to their hometown last Friday May 22. We transported them in 5 frame nuc boxes then transferred them to 10 frame hive bodies in the back courtyard of the former St. Michael's convent on Braddock Avenue. The site was overgrown with Japanese knotweed which we made short work of. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Zoo Class Part I. Second Class: Countr...
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Burgh Bees: Fall Extraction, Part I
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Sunday, September 20, 2009. Fall Extraction, Part I. We were lucky enough to have a couple supers of fall honey on top of our one overwintered hive in Hazelwood. We feel very lucky as several of our beekeepers have noted a low fall flow this season. These gals have really been packing it in. In an urban area we are apt to use Bee Quick to clear the supers. Our students sprayed it onto the fume cover, and in the hot sun, the bees moved down into their hive bodies. May 24, 2010 at 7:14 AM. To check for upc...
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Burgh Bees: May 2009
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Sunday, May 31, 2009. Robert and Alex carry in the first h. Two hives - a room with a view. When letting the bees out, we put some grass in front of the hive to disorient the bees so they know to reorient themselves to their new home. We added an extra hive body on the smaller hive. We sprayed the upper frames with sugar water to attract the bees to the upper box. Wednesday, May 27, 2009. The bees seem happy back in the shadow of the Edgar Thompson works across the street. Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Robert...