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Can you have 1000′s of bee’s come in your yard and there not be a cone?

Posted on September 22, 2012 | 5 Comments

We are always out in the backyard at sunset(when bee’s swarm) so I know these bee’s weren’t there before, but last night at sunset 1000′s and 1000′s of bee’s swarmed our back yard and then disappeared. (one got in the house and stung my daughter) We sprayed the backyard with bug killer that you hook up to a water hose. Could they have just been migrating and do we have a cone somewhere?

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what for you is the key phrase in the following passage?

Posted on March 8, 2011 | 17 Comments

A man and a woman are having sex. Meanwhile God goes on taking care of the world, taking care of all the needs of its beings and guiding them. A dog is barking in the street. A little child is drinking milk. A terrorist is going about planning to blow a bomb on a busy train the next day. A couple is enjoying the view of a beautiful waterfall by the sunset.

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Extracting honey with Kimberley and Bree at Sunset Magazine HQ

Posted on May 4, 2009 | Leave a comment

Typically when we harvest honey here at Sunset Magazine HQ, we strip the wax comb and honey from the frames and strain the honey through cheesecloth into a bowl. This time we thought we would be a little more daring and use a honey extractor (available for use though our local bee guild). The honey extractor uses centrifugal force to fling the honey out of the comb. Using this system allowed us to keep most of the comb intact so we would be able to put the frames back in the hive and the …

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Bees coming home

Posted on January 22, 2009 | 2 Comments

As part of Sunset magazine’s “local eating” One-Block project, Team Bee is managing two hives of bees. These are our bees coming home as a winter storm approaches. For complete project details, including a free downloadable how-to guide and where to get the needed equipment, visit http://www.sunset.com/oneblockfeast

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