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Welcome to my homepage, the home of Honey Road
Apiaries.
I am located in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario and keep bees east of the city.
I currently have 3 hives right now, due to poor over wintering. I have
three bee yards located in Maclellan and Bar River. I have been beekeeping for
the past 9 years and have accumulated a significant amount of knowledge
and information. When I first started, I was overwhelmed by the sheer
amount of information available on the internet. I learned a great
deal from information posted on web sites and from chatting with other
beekeepers. I have tried to share this knowledge and some of my experiences
on this homepage. The secret to beekeeping is to learn as much as
you can, and then decide what you think is best for yourself. What
works for others does not mean it will work for you.
Beekeeping is a very enjoyable and (can be) relaxing hobby. For those of you interested in beginning beekeeping, I can help point you in the right direction. I also have included a diary of some of my past experiences. Some are comical, but at the time they were far from it. At first, I tried to keep it as an up to date diary, but as my number of hives grew last year, this became more and more of a problem to find the time to keep it up to date. I hope to include highlights and interesting bits of information in the future.
I have included a page on American
Foulbrood. I attended the symposium on AFB after my summer
of 99 was overshadowed by this horrible disease. I, as I suppose
many others have, under estimated the seriousness of this disease. When
I discovered the disease, it was too late. I lost quite a few hives
to swarming, as I discovered the AFB at the beginning of a honey flow.
I cannot over emphasize the importance of prevention, (but I am still at
odds at the principal of medicating as a means of prevention) and "cutting
your losses" when the disease is found.
Please, Sign my Guest
Book. I'm always interested in talking bees, so send me your
questions or comments. If I can't help you with your question, I'm
sure I can find someone who has the answers.
Do you ICQ? If you are looking to contact other beekeeper, or to
keep in touch with friends and relatives over the internet, ICQ
is the program for you.There are several means of contacting beekeepers
or getting answers to your questions; the BEE-L
listserver is the most popular, a complete list can be found at Beesource.com;
the sci.agriculture.beekeeping
newsgroup is also a good source of information.
Looking for a local or provincial/state beekeepers Association. The
editors at Bee
Culture Magazine have compiled a very extensive list. For
those of you in the District of Algoma, The Algoma Beekeepers Association
has folded for the time being, due to lack of interest. If
your in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, their is the
Superiorlands Beekeepers Association. Send me an email if your intersted
in more info.
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Check out my Past
Pics page. I've included photos from the past, as
well as other photos which I had no room for over the past few years.
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