Coweta Sustainable Beekeeping
Sustainable Beekeeping.... Steven Page November 8, 2014, revised May 31, 2015 (improvements and error corrections) © 2014-2015 Steven Page Click here to download a pdf file of this article. Most...
View ArticleCoweta Sustainable Beekeeping - And The Journey Begins
Sustainability was the subject of the presentation at the meeting of the Coweta Beekeepers Association on January 12, 2015. This year is the beginning of a new era of sustainable beekeeping. As we...
View ArticleCoweta Sustainable Beekeeping - Raise Queens and Make Splits, week one
It’s time to... It’s time to start preparing for next spring. A PDF file of this article with photos It’s time to start making new colonies if you have empty nucs and hives. Now, because the...
View ArticleCoweta Sustainable Beekeeping - Raise Queens and Make Splits, week two
It’s time to... make splits. Once we pass the 15th of May the resources in production hives can be used to make splits to establish new colonies in empty hives and nucs. This article covers setting...
View ArticleCoweta Sustainable Beekeeping - Photos
An emergency queen. “A novice beekeeper can raise the best queens in the world” Mel Disselkoen author OTS queen Rearing 14 queen cells on on frame A beeyard with 15 hives. The four tall hives...
View ArticleCoweta Sustainable Beekeeping REVISED
Sustainable Beekeeping.... Steven Page November 8, 2014, revised May 31, 2015 (improvements and error corrections) © 2014-2015 Steven Page Click here to download a pdf file of this article. Most...
View ArticleCoweta Sustainable Beekeeping - Summer Queens
Summer Queens © 2015 Steven E. Page Why Kill mites. Raising an emergency queen creates a broodless period. As the new queen’s larvae grow the mites enter the first cells that will be capped to lay...
View ArticleHURRICANE IRMA UPDATE
SEPTEMBER 11 MEETING IS CANCELED/POSTPONED FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR MEMBERS AND GUESTS From the CBA President: Dear Fellow Coweta Beekeepers, Your board members of our association have decided that we...
View ArticlePesticides found in honey around the world
By Erik Stokstad Oct. 5, 2017 , 2:00 PM Insecticides are cropping up in honey samples from around the world, a new study finds, suggesting that bees and other pollinators are being widely exposed to...
View ArticleThousands of honey bees die after truck crash on California freeway
CBS NEWS November 3, 2017, 4:15 PM AUBURN, Calif. -- Thousands of honey bees were killed when a semi truck crashed after avoiding a slow down on a freeway in California. CBS Sacramento reports the...
View ArticleOne Bee Ruins It All, by Toby Nix, a Coweta Local Beekeeper
By THE NEWNAN TIMES-HERALD | Jun. 30, 2017 - 6:00 AM It’s right about that time of year where local beekeepers will be harvesting honey and offering up local and raw honey for you. I am a beekeeper...
View ArticleTornado Victims Receive Assistance with Displaced Bees
Newnan/Coweta Tornado Assistance with Displaced Bees In addition to beekeepers in the area who had hives destroyed by the storm, honey bees naturally live in tree cavities and in structures such as...
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