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Hive tools should be sharpened.Sharpening is easy maintenance but easy to skip doing as often as be

Hive tools should be sharpened.

Sharpening is easy maintenance but easy to skip doing as often as beekeepers should be doing it. Sharp hive tools make hive manipulations easier and more enjoyable.

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Beekeepers keep feed close to the spring broodnest, so that the bees are encouraged to use it. Broodnest temperature must be maintained at 92-94 F. Although feeders are at the top or sides of the broo

 
 
Rain dearth in Western Washington

Rain dearth exists also in other areas but is often ignored in beekeeping manuals, whereas drought dearth is usually discussed. In Western Washington, bees experience far more days of rain dearth than

 
 
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