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Downsizing Your Bee Operation (157)
There comes a time for many beekeepers when they realize they have more colonies than time to properly work them - with "work" being the operative word. If they've been keeping bees long enough, they may decide that hefting ten-frame hive bodies full or honey or bees just too difficult. The beekeeper decides to downsize. In today's episode, Kim and Jim discuss the considerations and options available to the beekeeper when dealing with unwanted hive bodies and frames.
Beekeepers do all sorts of things with old hive bodies. From transforming old hive bodies into unique bookshelves to the…
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