Jacob Springs honey program - Revision history

Ahoussney: /* Beehive activity observations January 23, 2016 (The first warm sunny day for about 2 months) */

2017-09-17T14:46:26Z

‎Beehive activity observations January 23, 2016 (The first warm sunny day for about 2 months)

2017-09-17T14:33:50Z

2016-05-13T21:02:00Z

‎Beehive activity May 13, 2016

2016-05-13T21:01:48Z

‎Beehive activity May 13, 2016

2016-05-13T21:01:28Z

‎Beehive activity observations January 23, 2016 (The first warm sunny day for about 2 months)

2016-05-13T21:00:42Z

‎Beehive activity May 13, 2016

2016-05-13T21:00:21Z

‎Beehive activity observations January 23, 2016 (The first warm sunny day for about 2 months)

2016-05-13T20:56:17Z

2016-02-04T14:41:40Z

2016-02-04T14:35:34Z

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	Action taken: Fed syrup water to bees for the first time ever - looks like honey stores are largely consumed - bees fed heavily		Action taken: Fed syrup water to bees for the first time ever - looks like honey stores are largely consumed - bees fed heavily
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		+	===2017 Summery===
		+	#by springtime, all colonies were dead.
		+	#Installed 8 new packages from the package bee program
		+	#Good year - most hives are strong by late august
		+	#Harvested ~$1200 worth of honey August 23 & 24 from first 4 hives
		+	#Harvested ~$900 ~Sept 1 from last 4 hives

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 [[Image:Cedarbeehive.jpg|thumb]]
-[[Jacob Springs Farm]] produces [[comb honey]] from about 15 [[topbar beehive]]s. Beautiful, local honey on the comb is sold for $10 per pound. Call or email us for more information. farmteam (at) Jacobsprings.com
+[[Jacob Springs Farm]] practices [[beekeeping]] producing [[comb honey]] from about 15 [[topbar beehive]]s. Beautiful, local honey on the comb is sold for $10 per pound. Call or email us for more information. farmteam (at) Jacobsprings.com
 Their hives are a combination of farm-built [[Jacob Springs topbar hives]] and [[OpenSourceBeehive project]]'s [[Colorado Topbar]] which [[Andre Houssney]] helped to design.

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 ===Beehive activity May 13, 2016===
 Caught a swarm from #5 and installed it in #2
 Hive 5 needs to be harvested already.

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 ===Beehive activity May 13, 2016===
 Caught a swarm from #5 and installed it in #2
-#5 needs to be harvested already.
+Hive 5 needs to be harvested already.
 ===Beehive activity May 1, 2016===

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 #2 dirt on landing board no activity no window
 #3 very light activity dead bees in entrance –  cluster inside
 #4 no activity lots of pulverized comb at entrance Dead inside
 #5 very active some dirt near entrance – Clusters inside
 #5 very active some dirt near entrance –
 Clusters inside
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 #6 no activity dead inside
 #7 1 bee at entrance alive others dead no window
 #8 light activity no window
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 #10 light activity good cluster inside few honey reserves
 #11 light activity at entrance dirty landing board – dead inside
 #12 no activity at entrance some be parts fairly healthy cluster inside no food
-no activity outside no bees inside
+#13 no activity outside no bees inside
 #14 good activity no window
 Swarm hive by shop - died
 Action taken: Fed syrup water to bees for the first time ever - looks like honey stores are largely consumed - bees fed heavily

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	The farm also runs the [[Jacob Springs package bees program]] providing bees and queens to local area beekeepers annually in the spring.		The farm also runs the [[Jacob Springs package bees program]] providing bees and queens to local area beekeepers annually in the spring.

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		+	===Beehive activity May 13, 2016===
		+	Caught a swarm from #5 and installed it in #2
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		+	===Beehive activity May 1, 2016===
		+	New queens and 2# packages for the following colonies: #2, 4, 6, 11, 13
		+	(a few days later I transferred colony #2 to a customer)

	===Beehive activity observations January 23, 2016 (The first warm sunny day for about 2 months)===		===Beehive activity observations January 23, 2016 (The first warm sunny day for about 2 months)===

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 Their hives are a combination of farm-built [[Jacob Springs topbar hives]] and [[OpenSourceBeehive project]]'s [[Colorado Topbar]] which [[Andre Houssney]] helped to design.
+The farm also runs the [[Jacob Springs package bees program]] providing bees and queens to local area beekeepers annually in the spring.
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