Sunday, September 13, 2009

POLLEN fall flow coming on strong,Honey Bees getting Bee Pollen from autumn flowers,weeds.Goldenrod Bee pollen soon

Pollen Traps on Honey Bee Beehives Milledgeville Georgia,    


Fall Pollen coming in strong.No goldenrod here yet but lots other.I saw goldenrod in full bloom in Camilla GA last week Sept,6.
Notice the color variation in side by side hives from different sources.Click on picture to see enlargement and colors.
With all the rain I expect a great Fall flow.bee Honey bees getting aster Bee Pollen and some yellow weed I don't know. I'll be trapping Bee Pollen up till first frost then pull the Pollen traps.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Local man is the bee's knees - College Paper story

Local man is the bee's knees - Features
GABeekeeping Georgia Beekeeper - CLICK above for story

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Thursday, September 10, 2009

VIDEO-Observation window beehive,see Honey Bees,Queen Bee,Drones,Worker Bees, Small hive beetles of beekeeper John Pluta, Milledgeville Georgia

A quick view of my observation beehive in honey house window.Click to watch the Honeybees with out getting stung.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

VIDEO,Beehive box hand hold improvement,bee hive better grip.click vid arrow to start GAbeekeeping Beekeepers Honey Bee Hives


This is a beekeeping video I did to show my beehive hand hold changes.Deepening beveling up 15% and making the hand hold wider really helps when lugging an 85 pound deep honey super around the bee yard.watch then try on a few of your boxes to see the improvement for GAbeekeeping.

I also have some of my older untreated but redone hand hold boxes for sale here as I switch to all treated boxes. The used boxes are in the $6,$7,$8 range or $5 for all.

Monday, September 7, 2009

VIDEO of virgin queen bees piping on beehive honey comb,GAbeekeeping Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta,



A new virgin queen just emerged along with 8 others. I had queen cells ready to hatch but was an hour late.
Nine hatched and I saved 8. One was stung to death by a sister.Listen closely to hear piping noise.

New queen bees are nervous like this and run around till mated. they are only Virgins for a few days so these type views are seldom seen. It's also haed to spot a virgin because she resembles the worker honey bees size.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

BEKEEPING Video- Re Waxing Plstic Beehive foundation frames,Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta shows how



If you have ever had a beehive die with plastic foundation taken over by wax moths,what a mess.

Well now I can show you how I re wax my foundation with beeswax.

Click on the You tube Videos on left border to see how I do it.

Adding videos on other beekeeping topics as I can.

Also just did a sugar water mixing one for feeding.

This picture is from the Video showing some foundation half waxed. That's my melting tank with a bucket of hot bee wax.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

SYRUPS-Fruit & Nut- Pure CANE SYRUP - Georgia PECAN Syrup

12 FRUIT &NUT SYRUPS for pancakes,waffles in the morning or on ice cream at night.Also make great shakes or smoothies,protein drinks. GREAT for HOLIDAY GIFTS.
CLICK PICTURE for Enlargement to see contents up close. 
Have these South Georgia syrups year round in my store. 
They make great Holiday and gift ideas. 12 ounce glass jars $5 here.

NUT SYRUPS- Pecan, Almond,Walnut
FRUIT SYRUPS- Blackberry,Blueberry,Peach,Raspberry,Muscadine,Mayhaw,Apple Butter,

PURE CANE SYRUP

Delicious!!!!!!!