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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Our SMR queens have arrived and were installed in our queen breeder yard. I will use them to raise new queens that I will use to replace older queens (if they get old the hive does not produce as much honey) or make splits (new hives). Click here for pictures. With the hazards of agriculture sometimes things do not always go smoothly and one was not accepted by the bees and was killed a few days later. That is the reason I purchased TWO breeder queens. I only really need one the additional queen was insurance. These breeder queens, called SMR (or smart queens)
have just been developed and many people hope that the genes from these
bees will start to spread accross the country to help control the devastating
loss from the varroa mite. We are starting a pictorial page that will show where honey comes from and what we do to our honeybees each month throughout the year. Watch a field of flowers become honey. May is a big month for pollination - All the fruit
trees are in bloom and honeybees are the best pollinator. Click
here for a great article on the value of pollination. May honey recipes - Spicy Honey Applesauce Cake Cream honey and butter. Blend in eggs, vanilla and applesauce. In separate bowl, combine dry ingredients, then stir gradually into creamed mixture. Add to a greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 25-40 minutes. E. Ballard, Dryden Michigan
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