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new bee yard
« on: December 05, 2013, 04:42:43 pm »
Got a call from Crowley's last week and met with them on Sunday, went out today to start setting up stands for 12 hives, and the county store  will be selling  the honey that is produced there from the 12 hives.
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Re: new bee yard
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2013, 05:06:07 pm »
Looks like a nice spot to me.  :mrgreen:
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Re: new bee yard
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2013, 05:09:12 pm »
wow zoo, great place to set bees!
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Re: new bee yard
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2013, 07:35:22 pm »
My neighbor and I now have "permanent"  hive stands at 2 small farms.  They do not pay for pollination.  We get our honey and have full access to the areas containing our hives.  Each of the farmers has been involved in beekeeping and has found that between city jobs and farm work, tending to bees and keeping them alive is more than they can manage.  One of the farms purchased all of my modest production from that place (at my regular asking price) to sell along with their produce.

I wonder how often this is happening and if it is becoming a trend?

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Re: new bee yard
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2013, 08:16:08 pm »
they are going to buy every jar I can produce in those hives
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Re: new bee yard
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2013, 08:23:08 pm »
Good deal on the hive location!

What are they growing there, some kind of grapes or berries?
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Re: new bee yard
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2013, 08:30:38 pm »
yes thats all the grape vines, and I found out the place backs up to Myakka state park as well so tons of wild area for the bees 8-)
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Re: new bee yard
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2013, 02:17:14 pm »
Hot dang! That's cool!

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Re: new bee yard
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2013, 02:45:21 pm »
Nice looking spot Zookeep How many hives are you putting their? 10, 12. Is that the 1000 acre ranch?
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Re: new bee yard
« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2013, 07:08:06 am »
no this is not the ranch, I have not even had a chance to go out there yet, this is yet a new yard offered up, going to start with 12 hives there and see how it goes.
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Re: new bee yard
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2013, 06:17:33 am »
so where exactly is this located zookeep?

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Re: new bee yard
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2013, 06:49:36 am »
its about 25 miles directly east of me in myakka valley Tec, perfect timing too, I need to get some of the hives out of my back yard, I was planning on having 4 in my yard and have 18 there now lol
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Re: new bee yard
« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2013, 06:02:13 am »
yep at some time numbers in your back yard (and front yard and side yard) make an out yard a necessity.

I myself like having out yards when spring time nuc making takes place.... it just make the organization much more simple to move nucs you made up from one place to somewhere not so far away and then everything there gets some blanket treatment (cells, mated queen).

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Re: new bee yard
« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2013, 10:42:23 am »
moved 11 out and a few more to go
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Re: new bee yard
« Reply #14 on: December 20, 2013, 02:11:55 pm »
and its already got an electric fence around the hives  :D
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Re: new bee yard
« Reply #15 on: December 20, 2013, 02:43:05 pm »
Very nice! I especially love it when you can get a vehicle right up alongside a row of hives like that. Less carrying heavy supers.  :mrgreen:
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Re: new bee yard
« Reply #16 on: December 25, 2013, 07:50:40 pm »
Not even the new year and all ready have honey supers on some of them. Looks nice with bees there.
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Re: new bee yard
« Reply #17 on: December 26, 2013, 07:48:26 am »
I have 1 super on almost every hive, there is no time of year that I dont, they still put nectar and pollen away even now just slower and I dont want them to backfill the brood boxes and go into swarm mode
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