Yes. We are past a normal winter snowfall already.

That will be good for the dugouts

@@soapstoneapiaries it was. Shoveled the deck off.

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@@steliandone4078 Cancade in Brandon Manitoba are building a crane for beekeeping. I have not seen one so I cannot tell you anything about it.

Expanded PolyStyrene hives. Beaver Plastics Ltd. 11581 272 Street, Acheson, AB T7X 6E9

We have painted them. We have several years on a few and they stand up real well. This is our second year with a full yard of these. We have about half the yard as singles to see how they do. They can be a great time savor. It takes 2 of us a full day to wrap our hives and another full day to unwrap. If we had all Styrofoam hives that would be 4 man days of work saved. It also saves us storage space that wraps take up in the summer. So far we have faster brood rearing in the spring. These hives build up fast. Time will tell if they are the way to go.

The only issue we have had with raccoons is them bothering feed pails. This is a first for us.

I was surprised to see the bear. I thought we were close enough to winter they would be staying close to their dens. I was actually going to shut the fencer down for the winter when this thing showed up.

@@aidenbennik1268 southeast corner of Sask, Maryfield. We never had bears at one time but now they are all to common. Elk and moose were never in this area and now there are enough that we have hunting seasons.

I have about 5,000 pounds done now and will get about 2,000 more and that will be it.

Make a few candles

@@russellkoopman3004 Weyburn has been really good to us. This is the third order going there and they were bigger than this one.

No. We did not have much clover this year. Most of that would be from canola.

@@BucketListBees everyone has different taste. We just add until we get the taste we like. Every brand of cinnamon has its own properties. If you change brands you have to adjust until you get your taste.

If you are going to make flavored honey make sure it has started to cream before adding the flavor. If you add a powder to liquid it will float to the top and not remain throughout the honey. It is also important as soon as the flavor has been added to get into a chiller at 54 degrees to finish the creaming process.

@@kelleycrider1985 yes. There are different sizes. There are several different makes and most bee stores have them listed.

@@russellkoopman3004 yes, we run a big dehumidifier when honey is above 17 percent moisture.

@@lomavistabeeco creaming honey will lighten honey but the biggest factor is the flower source.

@@rtxhoneybees I still lift the odd one just to remind myself how heavy they are.

@@lomavistabeeco I warm it to 100 to 105 to make sure any rogue crystals are gone and then let it cool to room temperature before adding seed.

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@@johnbessemer3777 I will have to take a real good look. We have another yellow flower that is showing up as well.