11:24
A Complete Shift of Schedule
06:52
The First Bold Step into Winter
17:38
10,000 CO2 PPM! That Escalated Quickly! Fine Tuning the Winter Shed Minimum Air Flows,
06:29
Another 12 DegreeC Day so I Put the Bees on Ice Again
08:10
ReWorking The Air Flow Within the Winter Shed
09:44
Thatās a Wrap, All Colonies Are Moved Inside
15:56
Refrigeration System is in, Stocking the Winter Shed
07:44
Hearing of Large Fall Losses, Random Yard Checks Looking for Signs of Problems,
08:37
Small Cluster Yard, Only One Difference Between These Two Yards
08:27
Oxalic Knocking off Mites, a Good but Bad Thing
13:26
Finishing Touches on the Cooler Instal, Ready to Move, Second Oxalic Acid Round Sticky Counts
04:52
Finally, Refrigeration!
24:53
Sunflower Harvest, Oxalic Acid Treatment, Land Work
09:23
Apivar/ApiLifeVar 0ās, ApiLifeVar 1-3%, Apivar 5% plus
10:42
Confirming Mite Treatment Results, Endless Hours Thinking on the Tractor
06:25
Promote, Protect and Preserve The Winter Nest
05:48
Combining 58lbs Corn
16:14
Gathering Up Some Heavy Summer Loss Yards
07:24
One Week Mite Purge
16:37
Moving Yards, Measuring Mite Drop Efficacy
04:44
Preservation or Salvage Operation, Iām Not Certain
10:50
Plan of Attack, GRASP AT STRAWS
06:53
Why Am Iām Seeing Mite Count Differences Between Yards
26:04
High Mite Counts ā ļø
14:59
Killing Off the Queenless Colonies
15:12
Brood Well Into September, Double Edged Sword
07:11
Mmmmā¦ Buckwheat Honey. Itās Not So Bad ;)
10:03
A Blessing and a Curseā¦Buckwheat Honey
06:37
August 30th and 31st
15:18
The Final Push, Knocking the Last Down
07:20
A Harvest Sunday at Work With the Family
10:15
Working on the Weekend, We Are Shaking Mites
05:42
Robbing Hit Like a Hammer
19:22
Marked The End, Knocking Them All Off
12:47
Collecting the Drags Using Gobs of Bees
10:03
Making Up Bulk Bee Splits
10:13
Prepping Bulk Bee Split Boxes
09:44
Last of First Pull, Last of the Late Crop Flow, Next Step, Start of the Second and Final Pull
13:03
A Change of Pace is as Good as a Holiday, This Time of Year!
11:50
Where Do You Want to Work Dad? Cappings Scratcher. WHAT?!
04:53
Only a Farmer Can Understand
13:34
The Dog Days of Summer š„µ
12:58
My Kids Making up the Weekend Yard Crew
09:43
You Load 16 Tonnes, What Do You Get,
10:47
The Honey Farmās Future Boss
10:16
First Day of Extraction July 22
08:02
Getting Away on Me, Capturing a Few
06:29
Heavy Flow to Slow Flow,
12:33
Blown Head Gasket š
12:58
Stacked āTo The Ninesā, Facility and Yard Prep Before the Pull
11:59
Last Week Near Starvation, This Week Plugged Out. The Honey Flow Has Hit Like a BRICK
06:04
Picking Up Fresh Splits, Sending Them Out to Summer Yards
24:57
Staging Crops, Staging Colonies, July 6, 2024
21:33
Back From The Cottage, Ready to Work
17:54
Keeping a Close Eye on Food Stores and Flow Across all my Yards
12:23
Whats With The Mating Success?!
08:30
Stocking Summer Yards, Setting Excluders
10:59
Making a Start, the Honey Flow Will Come Fast
07:29
One More Try With Formic Acid
12:37
Reflection on My Formic Pro Treatment Problems
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Ian Steppler, is a third generation family farm. Ian and his family crop 4000 acres of land, calve 5-600 head of pure bred Charolais cattle and manage a 1500 hive apiary.
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