by Jessica Neisen | Jul 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
A video by Jim Kloek “Did a quick check on supers to see if the hives need more supers. The nectar flow has slowed quite a...
by Jessica Neisen | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
We will be closed on Thursday, July 22nd. I apologize for the late notice and any inconvenience. We will be open Friday and Saturday. Thursday, July 22nd – CLOSED Friday, July 23rd – 10a-6p Saturday, July 24th – 9a-5p Thank you, Tom &...
by Jessica Neisen | Jul 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
by Jessica Neisen | Jul 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
by Jessica Neisen | Jul 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
by Jessica Neisen | Jul 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
A video by Jim Kloek “I have been waiting for honey to be moved up into the supers. The supers have been given drawn comb with nectar to give the bees a starting point. All of my other colonies have been putting up honey. My only conclusion is the hive had...
by Jessica Neisen | Jul 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
A video by Jim Kloek (July 14th) We are about halfway through the main nectar flow. Checked supers on the two deep and three deep package bee...
by Jessica Neisen | Jul 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
A video by Jim Kloek and Tom Minser In this video, we caged up the old queen that we removed ten days ago. We put here in a cage to reintroduce her safely. She will be caged for four days then released. Looked for and destroyed any new queen cells. The hive next door...
by Jessica Neisen | Jul 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
A video by Jim Kloek and Tom Minser “We are going through our comb honey hive taking out multiple queen cells. If a queen emerges the bees could swarm. In three more days after this video we will look again for queen cells. After that date this colony will be...
by Jessica Neisen | Jul 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
A video by Jim Kloek and Tom Minser “Went into the comb honey hive to kill emergency queen cells. This is to keep the bees from...
by Jessica Neisen | Jul 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
A video by Jim Kloek “Checking supers on a two deep and a three deep package bee...
by Jessica Neisen | Jul 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
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!
by Jessica Neisen | Jul 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
by Jessica Neisen | Jun 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
by Jessica Neisen | Jun 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
by Jessica Neisen | Jun 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
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 completed the frames...
by Jessica Neisen | Jun 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
by Jessica Neisen | Jun 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
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 discounted pricing. Using a...
by Jessica Neisen | Jun 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
by Jessica Neisen | Jun 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
