Monthly Archives: January 2012

~Italian Honey Bee vs. Minnesota Hygienic Bees~

The verdict isn’t quite in yet!  Did our Italian hives do better than our Minnesota Hygienic?  Thus far, it has been hard to tell; two years of totally opposite weather.  Our first year (with just Italians) being ideal with plenty of … Continue reading

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~Poles Set For Hops Trellis~

  On January 11, Fred and Caleb dug holes in one of our hops fields in order to place the utility poles in.  Hops grow very tall and get very heavy.  They need to have plenty of good  support.  Later, the guys will … Continue reading

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~In The Middle Of A Minnesota Winter!~

I never posted this last night because it got very late, so I added this paragraph and the photo above of the small snow we had this morning:)  The photo is taken from the same angle as the softball photo … Continue reading

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