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  • Inner Cover Notch Up or Down??
    October 31, 2022 Blake Shook

    Inner Cover Notch Up or Down??

    By: Chari Elam The "Notch" For beekeepers that use telescopic lids, inner covers are necessary in that it prevents bees from propolizing the outer lid to the box. But are you taking advantage of another attribute to these inner covers? How to use the notch:  For...

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  • Queen Excluders
    October 28, 2022 Blake Shook

    Queen Excluders

    Topics Beekeepers Can't Agree On! By: Lynne Jones Queen Excluders below your honey supers - always, never, sometimes? That was the question I asked beekeepers in two Facebook groups on April 1st. Out of twenty beekeepers that responded, a whopping...

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  • Preparing for Harvest
    October 27, 2022 Blake Shook

    Preparing for Harvest

    June and July are known as “Honey Harvest” months for most beekeepers - Some with totes full and others with buckets full! Remember: This is not a contest! Any harvest is a GOOD harvest!! Here are some tips to help...

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  • SUPER STORAGE
    October 26, 2022 Blake Shook

    SUPER STORAGE

    How to make a handy mobile storage dolly By: Harrison Rogers Vice President Harris County Beekeepers Association Treasurer - Real Texas Honey Program - Certified Texas Master Beekeeper Have you ever started pulling supers out of storage when the nectar...

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