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  1. Nice documentary about CCD (german language)

    Great movie, it is in German language.
    http://www.bessenkwekerij.com/2012/08/das-geheimnis-des-bienensterbens.html
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    Bees love Persicaria species

    Persicaria is a very good plant for the bees here in the Netherlands. It starts to bloom at this time. Today I took this beautiful picture of a bee on a flower of the Persicaria amplexicaulis:...
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    My bees feasting on the crocus!

    text is in Dutch but the pictures are great:

    http://www.bessenkwekerij.com/2012/02/voorjaar.html
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    Re: Hive and frame size

    Thanks for your replies. I am a beekeeper in The Netherlands, I'm planning to use the same system that Michael Bush is using. In the Netherlands the most common frame size is simplex. I would like to...
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    Hive and frame size

    Hello commercial beekeepers,

    Which type of hive and frame size do you use?
    I am searching for a hive/frame size which works the most efficient
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    Re: What kind of honey is this?

    Willow?
  7. Thread: bee yards

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    Re: bee yards

    I don''t see any pics.
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    Edible Honeysuckle

    Who has experience with this plant: Lonicera caerulea edulis (Edible Honeysuckle). Is this plant good for the honeybee?
    Can they get nectar and pollen of it?
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    Re: Mountain Heather Northern Rockies

    Here in the Netherlands heather honey honey is the most expensive kind of honey. And it's produced on quite a large scale. Heather is on of the last remaining natural monofloral honeycrop. The...
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    Re: A few piccy's from the bee yard today

    Great to see the bees working :thumbsup:, at the moment we are suffering from a snow storm in the Netherlands, which is quite unusual.
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    Re: Trees to plant for bees

    The Hoptree (Ptelea trifoliata) can be very good:

    The hop-tree occurs from New England and Ontario south to Florida
    and westward to Michigan, Illinois and Missouri to central Texas. It is
    a...
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    Re: A few piccy's from the bee yard today

    Hello, I'm very curious maybe you can repost the pics?
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