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Managing the hive

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Queen Cell

Did You Know?
 
It takes one worker bee it's whole life (about 6 weeks in summertime) to make 1/12 a teaspoon of honey.
 
One queen bee can lay up to 1,500 eggs per day.
 
One worker bee visits up to 5,000 flowers in one day.
 
Each hive contains anywhere from 30-60,000 bees.

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Honeybee on a Blackberry Blossom

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Our Beekeeper-in-Residence, Cindy Jordan, just completed a successful presentation at the Organic Grower's School on the campus of UNC-Asheville. Her talk addressed methods of keeping bees without treating the hives with chemicals--just the way we keep them here.
 
If you'd be interested in a half-day beekeeping workshop in our apiary during the 2012 season, please contact us at 828-667-0120, or send us an email at info (at) jordanblackleyfarm.com.
 


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Spring Swarm