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2013 Year in Review: Urban Apiary, Round Two
In 2013 I parted ways with my apiary partner I started with and moved two of the three…
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The Helpful Place
My friend and professional photographer, Chris Dawson recently visited IronBee to take photographs. The light conditions weren’t great that day,…
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William D. Fretz – The Source of My Bee Neurosis
I’m sure he was a great guy. I never knew him. He was a bootstrapper, a hustler. Making it…
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Installing the Bees. Newbie Calm
Sara is a mom. I am not. However, as we went through the process of picking up the bees…
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Arrival of the Bees – God Save the Queen(s)
After weeks of begging our bee distributor to get their act together and send us the bees, we finally…
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Taking the Hives to the Roof…With Rocketpacks
Nope, nope. Not true. We carried all nine boxes, three bases, equipment, and 100+ frames up two sets of…
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Oh Yeah Baby…Launch Time
In order to save money, we ordered unassembled woodenware…yup…UNASSEMBLED. Which, at first glance, doesn’t sound so terrible. After a…
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