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Merit Badge Chit Chat:  The secret life of bees.  |
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tigger9777
Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader & Guru / FG Guide
152 Posts
Candy
Oakley
CA
USA
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 Posted - Jul 28 2021 : 8:58:28 PM
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I used to raise bees when I lived in Concord CA.
Recently since starting this badge, my friend Mike leaned me 2 hives to put on my property. The last 3 months I have been monitoring the hive, let all the weeds grow so they had a food source. We just went to Mike's and he showed us how to uncapped the frames, use the centrifuge to spin the honey from the frames and strain the honey. It was very educational. |
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6525 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
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Posted - Jul 29 2021 : 4:15:48 PM
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Candy, this experience was awesome!! WOW, how fun to foster 2 hives and then learn to extract the honey they made!! The book, The Secret Life of Bees was such a wonderful read. Don't you just love it?
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015
FGOTM- October 2018 |
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
6699 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2021 : 3:41:10 PM
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Candy, that is really neat. Did you end up with a lot of honey? It sounds like a lot of fun. Do you think you will have your own bees again?
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Carrie W
Farmgirl Legend/Chapter Guru
437 Posts
Saratoga Springs
New York
USA
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Posted - Aug 06 2021 : 08:36:54 AM
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Awesome!
I was sitting outside this morning, drinking my coffee, and watching the bees enjoying the tall weeds on the other side of the dog fence....thinking that a hive would be a good addition to our yard!
Farmgirl Sisterhood #147
2009 Farmgirl of the Year
Not your average Girl ;-)
Tis better to weep at joy than to joy at weeping--Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing |
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Merit Badge Chit Chat: The secret life of bees. |
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The secret life of bees.
