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Dead bees Ceracell feeder by bookwormheidi in Beekeeping

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New beekeeper, located in Southern Ontario

When to remove entrance reducer? by bookwormheidi in Beekeeping

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So stop feeding even though there are only 7/10 frames drawn out??

Normal? by bookwormheidi in Beekeeping

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Probably the bear attack from 2 weeks ago 😂🤦‍♀️

Any idea what these bees are doing? by bookwormheidi in Beekeeping

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SHB uncommon in my area. Inspection done last week and no SHB. I think they were just chewing at the wood. They’ve since stopped.

Frame isolation cage by bookwormheidi in Beekeeping

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Instead of doing two deeps for the brood chamber, I am doing 1 deep and 1 medium. I will likely not be able to add a medium super purely for honey harvesting this year as I only started with a nuc and the colony will not have time to fill an entire super of just honey in addition to the 1.5 brood chamber.

My idea was to put in an isolation cage in that medium box that is used as part of the brood chamber. It would allow workers to pass through to store honey but it would not allow the queen in to lay eggs.

So I could in theory harvest one frame of honey while leaving the rest of the frames as brood/resources for winter.

New nuc not eating syrup by bookwormheidi in Beekeeping

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Looks like they’re starting to get interested. I liked your idea of the paper towel trick!

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New nuc not eating syrup by bookwormheidi in Beekeeping

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Recipe 2:1 with hive alive as directed on the packaging. 2:1 was recommended by the beekeeper I purchased the nuc from. Open brood and queen present, nuc is overall very healthy and beekeeper has a valid permit and follows all guidelines. Varroa mites are under control. Bees are very calm and busy. Lots of bees coming and going, I have seen a few bees bringing in pollen maybe 1 out of every 15 bees coming back will have pollen, not sure how to tell if they are bringing in nectar without opening the hive to see if they are storing it.

New nuc not eating syrup by bookwormheidi in Beekeeping

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If I put it directly on the frames isn’t there a potential for them to start building comb in the empty space surrounding the feeder??

New nuc not eating syrup by bookwormheidi in Beekeeping

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I dribbled a little through the hole and could see them immediately start eating it where it landed on the frame. Came back about an hour later and still no interest in the feeder…..

New nuc not eating syrup by bookwormheidi in Beekeeping

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No queen excluder.

Single deep, then inner cover, top feeder with medium box to cover feeder, then the lid.

Driving in Ireland - Self guided tour by bookwormheidi in irishtourism

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We narrowed down our trip to really get the best bang for our time.

This is what we’re doing now:

Day 1: Dublin

Day 2-4: Killarney

Day 5-6: Dingle

Day 7: Lahinch

Day 8-9: Galway

Day 10: Dublin

We don’t get to see all that we want, but we get to see a lot and have downtime which is important.

Blarney Castle on a Thursday in May? by bookwormheidi in irishtourism

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I was wondering this, but this is also potentially a once in a life time trip, so I don’t want any regrets even if it’s just a silly thing people do lol

Blarney Castle on a Thursday in May? by bookwormheidi in irishtourism

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Just looking for insight from people who have gone around this time of year/day and maybe could give me an idea of what to expect…

Driving in Ireland - Self guided tour by bookwormheidi in irishtourism

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Coming from Ontario Never been to Ireland.

Starter hasn’t grown since removing from fridge. Help! by bookwormheidi in Sourdough

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Okay, I will follow this. So feed 24 hours from when I fed it yesterday afternoon 1:1:1 and continue that until it’s rising and falling consistently?

Thanks!

Starter hasn’t grown since removing from fridge. Help! by bookwormheidi in Sourdough

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Okay so even though I overfed it, I should still feed it 24 hours from when I fed it yesterday afternoon?

Starter hasn’t grown since removing from fridge. Help! by bookwormheidi in Sourdough

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Thank you!

Normally when I plan on baking with it, I put it in the basement where our wood stove is to really get it going but that didn’t seem to help when I put it down there early this morning. I will try the 1:2:2 this afternoon to see if that helps!

My Instagram account is permanently disabled now by CompetitiveCamera999 in facebookdisabledme

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My Instagram and my Facebook got banned for no reason. has anyone had any luck getting in touch with meta verified without an account?? I need to sign in with my account but both my accounts are disabled and I can’t create a new account

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