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A video by Jim Kloek "Checking supers on a two deep and a three deep package bee colony" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSjEkfs6NiM

Store hours for the week of July 5th. We will only be open one day this week as we will be at the convention in Mankato, Mn. Thursday July 8th: 10-6 Friday July 9th: CLOSED Saturday July 10th: CLOSED Thank you!

A video by Jim Kloek "I checked my 3 deep colony today, Removed the feeder and added a queen excluder and two supers. Checked on the two deep colony and shifted a couple frames around. The nectar flow is on. Supers are getting nectar in the...

A video by Jim Kloek. "In this video, I added a queen excluder to the two brood box hive with two supers on. The 3rd brood box was inspected to see if the bees had finished drawing out all the foundation on all the frames. The bees had not...

This will be the last week we get Queens in. Queen pickup is available at the Oakdale store. They are first come first served at the store until we sell out. Store Hours: Thursday 10-6 Friday 10-6 Saturday 9-5 QUEENS: This is CASH OR CHECK...

A video by Jim Kloek "I do a midweek inspection to see if the bees are moving up into the new supers. Also, checking on the progress of the 3rd brood box I added to the other package bee colony. The nectar flow is on and honey is coming into my...

A video by Jim Kloek "Package bee colonies were ready for their honey supers on one colony and I added a third deep brood box on the other colony." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly3Xh6dIsYs