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12/19/2019: Death and Taxes
Reduce Your Property Taxes with Honey Bees Deadline is 2/28/2023
New Class Postings & Live Streaming
The Classes on 11/21 and 12/3 will cover the NM Ag exemption for honeybees to help reduce property taxes for those who own properties that exceed 1.5 acres. We will help bring together new beekeepers with land owners who would like to get the exemption. We will Live stream each class and post on YouTube for those who cannot attend.
Reduce Your Property Taxes with Honey Bees Deadline is 2/28/2023
Oxlic Acid to Control Varroa Mites
Two Queen Hive Management With Package Bees
NEW SONG:
American Honey Producers Association
Reduce Your Property Taxes with Honey Bees a video has been posted at this link from the Albuquerque Beekeeping Class 2017
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The Bee Health app is based on current scientific knowledge to
address honey bee diseases and pests. It is a handy resource to help
beekeepers and other users to detect, diagnose, manage and treat
honey bee diseases and pests. It includes pictures and treatment
options which will aid beekeepers in adopting appropriate pest
management practices. Thus, beekeepers can improve bee health and
enhance on-farm food safety and biosecurity practices in their
operations.
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Dealing with an Africanized Bee Hive
Removing brood and giving it to another hive Catching a Swarm that is Leaving: Bee Swarm That Was Leaving Part 2 Lighting a smoker the quick and easy way One Step Towards Swarm Prevention
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This is a video about a Top Bar Hive that has turned aggressive.
It is moved to a remote location and the honey and brood removed and
the hive prepared to be converted to a Langstroth Hive and given a
new queen.
This is a continution of Part 1. We
cannot find the queen so a queen excluder is attached to the bottom
of the super, elevated and the bees shaken in front of the hive.
We are preparing it to receive a new queen. This is a continution of Part 1 & 2.
We have prepared the hive it to receive a new queen. A queen
is not available so we have taken a frame of eggs and young larva
from a 2012 Carniolan Breeder queen and will insert it in the brood
nest and then give the hive a 50/50 sugar water to help it get
started.
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How Packaged Bees Are Produced
Honey
Our
honey is produced in various yards throughout NM and Colorado.
Our primary yards
are in Albuquerque, Belen, Corrales, Edgewood, Las Cruces, Los Lunas, Alcalde and Taos
Bumble bees, yellow jackets paper wasps, ground nesting bees and honey bees
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Honey and bee pollen by zip code in Albuquerque and surrounding
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Educational Videos
Where we get the Lumber for the Products we make
Feeding and Adding Supers for Expansion of the Brood Nest (Chamber)
Drone Comb Removal to Reduce Varroa Mites
Inspecting a hive that was formerly a Tear Out
Educational Papers
Supplemental Feeding of Honey Bee Colonies
A Descriptive Study
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Taking Orders for 2023 Prices are subject to change (see Note)
What is Bee Pollen? See Bee Pollen Chemical Composition and Therapeutic Application
6 Frame Nucs ($300) are placed in a 6 frame nucleus (nuc) hive and includes a queen, 5 frames which are a combination of drawn comb with bees, brood, honey (nectar in various stages of ripening), and pollen. One Frame is blank to allow the hive to expand. We have taken the risk out of installing package bees for you in a nuc and have insured that the queen is a good laying queen with a good brood pattern. When installing package bees there is a risk that the bees will act like a swarm and leave the hive after a few days. With the presence of open brood, the bees will not leave. All you need to do is transfer the contents of the nuc to your Langstroth equipment. You may also keep your bees in the nuc for several weeks before transferring. We treat all nucs for varroa mites in late March and early April unless you ask us not to do so. Availability of BEES are all dependent on WEATHER and other factors which are out of our control. NOTE: You may request your bees to be treated with oxalic acid vaporizer for the control of the varroa mite at no additional cost. The exception is package bees. We do not have time to treat packages in March and April. Oxalic acid is naturally occurring chemical found in many vegetables such as spinach. See the following article for details: click here
Our Single Hive with Bees ($400) is an 8 or 10 frame hive body with a 2022 queen, Frames are a combination of drawn comb with bees, brood, honey (nectar in various stages of ripening), pollen and frames with foundation. This single hive has a migratory top and a temporary bottom for transport only. We provide a permanent bottom board to transfer your bees to when you set up your hive.
We have taken most of the risk out of developing a hive of bees for you and have insured that the queen is a good laying queen with a good brood pattern.
When installing package bees there is a risk that the bees will act like a swarm and leave the hive after a few days. With the presence of open brood the bees will not leave. You do not need to transfer these bees into any other equipment. This hive will expand on its' own with proper food resources. These hives are delivered with a special top and bottom board for easy transportation with out endangering the hive of bees. When you reach the location where you are setting up your bees just remove these two covers and place on your bottom board and put your top cover on the hive. The frames in this hive have been arranged for optimum hive expansion. NOTE: You will need a second and third super as this is an actively growing hive (depending on food resources and hive management).
Package bees for sale.
SOLD
OUT FOR 2023
We will offer up to 200 packages this year with an Italian
queen. Queens are unmarked. Packages can be picked up in our
Belen Apiary. These packages are not a
traditional package. Several years ago, we stopped selling
packages because of the difficulty in handling packages and the
number of new beekeepers losing theirs to swarming, overheating
or other issues out of our control. These packages are made up
special. They are not in the traditional cage. We take
a nuc box place one frame of honey and one blank frame in the
nuc with the caged queen attached between the two frames. We
then shake 3 pounds of bees into the nuc box. The bees can
attach themselves to the frames and feed on the honey in
transport. When you receive the packages, you can remove the
plugged end and let them fly until ready to be installed. Just
remove the queen and hang her into your top bar hive and shake
all the bees out of the nuc into your hive. You can lay the
frame of honey in the bottom of your top bar hive to feed on
until your bees start gathering nectar on their own. Leave the
queen caged for 3-5 days so the bees start building comb from
your bars. then release her. Price on these packages will be
$200.00. You can pay by check, cash, or debit/credit card. Bees
will be ready middle of April to the first week of May. We
accept text messages.
Orders are taken by phone: 505-286-4843 (click here to order by email)
We accept major credit cards
REFUND POLICY We do not offer refunds on orders of package bees, nucs or nucs in a hive . If you are not able to pick up your bees or accept delivery we will continue to hold the bees for you in a nuc or a single hive until a time when you can take receipt of them. If you are transferring your order to another person please send us a notice of transfer. Remember that PACKAGED BEES, QUEENS, Nucs and Hives is dependent on WEATHER and other factors which are out of our control.
Orders are taken by phone: 505-286-4843 (click here to order by email)
What is Bee Pollen? See Bee Pollen Chemical Composition and Therapeutic Application
Spring, Summer and fall 2023: honey and bee pollen by zip code in Albuquerque and surrounding area.
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