Why Didn’t you Listen to your Mentor Part 3
By: Ed Simon The three parts of this collection are subsets of the 263 hints, definitions and informational tidbits gathered in over twenty years…
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Why Didn’t you Listen to your Mentor Part 2
By: Ed Simon The three parts of this collection are subsets of the 263 hints, definitions and informational tidbits gathered in over twenty years…
Read MoreBuild A Queen Cage – Roller
By: Ed Simon When raising queens, it may become necessary to store virgin queens for later mating or sale. Once mated, queens need to…
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Build A Swarm Trap
By: Ed Simon You have just caught a swarm, and now it seems as though there are more bees flying around and crawling out…
Read MoreBuild a Double Screen Board – Snellgrove
Ed Simon Eventually, you will wish you had a double screen board available. It is a versatile device that allows you to manipulate your…
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Starter Colony Ed Simon I’ve tried both a Cloake Board and the Horizontal Frame Support to raise queens. Now it’s time to try a…
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Part 4- Build A Wide Queen Excluder Ed Simon Whenever you build a piece of bee equipment that doesn’t match the standard Langstroth dimensions,…
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Ed Simon I just started reading Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey, by Bro. Adam…. of course. One thing that got my attention was his support…
Read MoreGargoyles are Useful and Free!!
Ed Simon Years ago, when I started building my own woodenware, I made a very unscientific survey. The question I asked was “What is…
Read MoreWhy Didn’t You Listen To Your Mentor Part 1
Ed Simon The three parts of this collection are subsets of the 263 hints, definitions and informational tidbits gathered in over twenty years of…
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Writing for BC
Ed Simon It was cold in Minnesota! At minus four degrees, everything was canceled on this Sunday morning and my “Cabin Fever” was running…
Read MoreBuild A Stainless Uncapping Tank
No More Plastic Ed Simon Are you tired of using a plastic uncapping tank that moves whenever you bump it and then needs to…
Read MoreBuilding A Migratory Cover – Cement
Ed Simon Earlier this year (2021) the cost of lumber rose to unprecedented heights. Within ten weeks the cost of plywood doubled. The migratory…
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What Your Mentor Forgot to Tell You!
By: Ed Simon This article originally appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years The conventional wisdom about beekeeping is…
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Build a Wax Strainer
By: Ed Simon This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years It happened again. I received another…
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What Your Mentor Forgot to Tell You
By: Ed Simon This article originally appeared in the Summer 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years The conventional wisdom about beekeeping is…
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BUILD A MIGRATORY TOP COVER
By: Ed Simon You have been keeping bees for several years and really enjoy the hobby. You have built you honey customers up to a…
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build a winter feeder
By: Ed Simon Although not a standard section of a hive, Winter feeders can be a significant boon to your hive. By creating a…
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Build A Cell Shaped Display
By: Ed Simon The Bee Shed in Rochester, MN was looking for display shelving to be used when selling honey and hive products at flea…
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Make Creamed Honey
By: Ed Simon This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2017 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years You have finished with your extraction…
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