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Ready to extract honey for the first time with a manual extractor. #MakingAMess #beekeeping #honey #TreatmentFree
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Regarding Feeding
My bees came from Mcfarline apiaries in Vermont. Tim is a very passionate beekeeper and has always answered my questions, which I try to keep to a minimum. Recently, I asked him about how I should go about feeding my newly established nucleus hives through the upcoming nectar dearth (mid summer dry season).
His response is a profound yet gentle reminder that nature can take its course without our meddling. I am grateful for his counsel.
“John, sorry hit send by accident. I winter nucs on ½ frames in mating nucs, 4 deep frames, 8 frames ( horizontal and vertical), and everything larger. It’s not so much a certain size but whether the bees are healthy, cohesive, and well provisioned. By cohesive , I mean the queen is surrounded by her progeny. So don’t worry about the bees. Feeding is your business. I don’t feed in dearth because I have hundreds of colonies and they’re fat from basswood, and loosestrife though I always consider protein more so than nectar. So real pollen fermented to beebread is a consideration. Or real pollen patties a la Steve Taber. Again, don’t worry, just trust the bees whose every action is intrinsic to their survival and continuity. Honeybees are a direct emanation of earthly and cosmic forces, so perhaps a little dearth is healthy for them , or rather that our ideas about such things , and their judgement ,may not accurately emulate these same forces.”
- Tim Mcfarline