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ILLINOIS STATE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

What can we learn from our friends in Poland about beekeeping?

7/18/2014

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In Poland, my friend Edward keeps about thirty hives thriving on his farm. During a tour, he shows me that his bees are bringing in a lot of honey during this lovely summer day.

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One of Edward's keys to success is to constantly be raising queens for the eventual splits, swarms and necessary re- queening of his hives.

Our language barrier prevented me from asking him about varroa mites, but I suspect the mites don't get a chance to infest his hives as he is at the apiary daily.

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Edward and I compared notes on production quality. We discussed comb honey and top-bar frames (see my blog post on this at http://www.lincolnlandbeekeepers.com/blog---around-the-hive/are-you-experimenting-with-top-bar-frames).

He was very interested in this method as well as how we cover our hives on movable frame hives.

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Beyond out love for beekeeping, We also shared our love for scraping together scrap wood and (in his case, tar paper for roofing) to construct solid hive-bodies for the bees.

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I thoroughly enjoyed my visit with Edward. His excitement and knowledge were what you expect in looking at his bee yard. His pride in handing me a jar of his and his bee's delicious efforts was not disappointing!

The Poles like to cream their honey, which is what you are seeing here. And Edward likes to re-use jars as much a I do!

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