March 28, 2017
by Anita Deeley
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Take a video tour of our hives with Anita Deeley! Watch Anita Deeley of Beverly Bees demonstrate the inner workings of a honey bee hive to Sandra Lawson of Get Your Garden Growing. This video was recorded by BevCam in … Continue reading
April 2, 2014
by Anita Deeley
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What are those white dots in my honey comb? When inspecting your hive first thing in the spring after a long cold winter, you may pull out a frame that looks like the picture below. It is filled with white … Continue reading
April 1, 2014
by Anita Deeley
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It’s Been A Hard Winter For Bees In MA 2013-2014 has been hard winter for bees everywhere and Massachusetts is no exception. I know beekeepers throughout the area who have lost bees, and many have lost all their bees – … Continue reading
June 28, 2013
by Anita Deeley
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Inspecting Commercial Bees on Cranberries I can make the big announcement because now it’s official! I have been hired by the state of Massachusetts to be the Bee Inspector for Essex County. This job will be fascinating as I … Continue reading
January 11, 2013
by Anita Deeley
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Death of a Hive: A Postmortem Analysis It is with great sadness that I write this post and one of the reasons it has been a while since I have posted last. Of course this was also partly due to … Continue reading
September 25, 2012
by Anita Deeley
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Sam Comfort Inspects A Warre Nuc At the Treatment Free Beekeepers Conference, one of the hive styles Sam Comfort from Anarchy Apiaries talked about was the Warre hive. A Warre hive is a vertical top bar hive. This hive is … Continue reading