Archive for May, 2009
Sunday, May 24th, 2009
Abhishek Agarwal asked: 1. The different ways apples are consumedApple orchards are all over the country and this is where the super markets procure their apples from. Apples are a very popular fruit and products made from apples are also widely consumed. There is apple sauce, apple cider, apple juice ...
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Sunday, May 24th, 2009
Jack Stanley asked: When a colony is not performing well, it is common practice to introduce a new queen into the colony. There are certain qualities that a beekeeper looks for in a queen 's offspring, such as good collectors of honey or pollen, resistance to disease and pests, reduced ...
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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Chris Haycock asked: le these days are looking to keep bees, and there are many good reasons to do so. I thought it was best to start at the beginning. So I have to apologise to any experienced apiarists who may have chanced upon this article. Having apologised, this article ...
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Jack Stanley asked: Obviously the whole reason to set up, maintain, and stock a beehive is to harvest honey. You will know that it is time to harvest the honey when you look in one of your hives supers and find that the frames are full of honey combs that ...
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Abhishek Agarwal asked: 1. The unique life cycle of the honey beeThe queen bee lays eggs in the octagonal shaped cells and the eggs get attached to the wall of the cell with a strand of mucus. During spring when the eggs are being laid, the queen bee can lay ...
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