Varroa mites were not something beekeepers had to deal with prior to the early 1990s. It is another pest that humans have bought into our continent that are detrimental to honeybees. In fact, varroa mites

Gathering around to meet the new Queen!

Honeybee Robbing While working in the bee yard I managed to get side tracked on another hive and left a few frames laying exposed, one with honey. When there is a natural flow of plants and trees producing

I must share my experience with SSDNodes by Strasmore. I have previously recommended their VPS to people looking to host witnesses, but I must recant that recommendation and advise you to go elsewhere.

Despite the possible rumors that I may have been abducted by aliens, that is not the case. The drastic price drop in Steem is also not the reason you haven't seen posts from me either. Nope, I have been

Don't Sting the Hand that Feeds You! Camera info Back story I almost didn't submit this photo as it doesn't live up to what I wanted. I then decided to share it and the difficulties I had trying to achieve

Here is a picture of my bee smoker bellowing out some nice smoke. camera settings: This post was cross-chain published using MASDACS.ioCheck it out!

This is a Chipping Sparrow whose pin feathers just started to grow out in the last day. It is 4 days old. They are rather small bird not much bigger than a humming bird when fully grown. Camera Details:

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I'm a stacker that focuses mainly on the bullion aspect of silver and not much into paying premiums for collector items. So recently APMEX had a mobile only sale on their new 9Fine Mint cast silver bars

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I'm pleased to let everyone know that I have been invited to be a guest on @pennsif's Alternative Livestyle Show this Friday, June 8th. I'm looking forward to talking about my many years in beekeeping

So even though spring has finally arrived, we are still a few weeks away from grafting and raising queens from our own stock. So we get queen cells shipped in from a commercial queen rearer in Florida.

The honeybee is a wonder of nature to me. I have been studying them for over 40 years and am still amazed by them. The following pictures of a worker bee hatching out of it's cell. The amazing part is

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Here is my entry to @lost108 weekly GIF challenge. This post was cross-chain published using MASDACS.ioCheck it out!

They are running a photo contest at work and the theme is "Spring". The winner will get their picture professionally mounted and displayed in the main lobby. I've never entered a photo contest before,

Two weeks ago I did a post about ordering a silver starter kit from Money Metal Exchange. This post is to give a review of my experience and the silver I received. Communication I thought the communication

Just picked up some and thought I would share the offer. Seems like they are out of 5oz, but still have 10oz and 100oz available. I have always been happy with their secondary market bars, but of course

I noticed about a week ago that the guinea hens had started a nest under regular chicken nest boxes. For those not familiar with guinea hens, they often just lay eggs wherever until one of them gets broody