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Here’s To A Honey Of A Summer

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The queen cage, after three days in the hive. Workers have built blocks of comb off both ends.

The queen cage, after three days in the hive. Workers have built blocks of comb off both ends.

The comb seems to have been constructed to provide the queen with an easy pathway out of the queen cage and into the main hive body.

The comb seems to have been constructed to provide the queen with an easy pathway out of the queen cage and into the main hive body. LISA DAFFY

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The Accidental Beekeeper

  • Publication: Residence
  • Published on: Apr 30, 2021
  • Columnist: Lisa Daffy
Well, I’ve embarked on another season of beekeeping, and so far, so good. All three hives that we had last fall made it through this miserably long winter. Not only... more

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