Ed and Dana Mumm's PACIFIC CREST APIARIES
The Many "Moves" Of A Beekeeper
OUR STORY
SPECIAL EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
GIFT STORE HOURS AND INFORMATION
DIRECTIONS/HOW TO FIND US
Misconceptions and Enemies of Honey Bees
The Importance Of Beekeepers
The "Dance" Of A Beekeeper
How We Render Our Beeswax
HOW TO BURN PURE BEESWAX CANDLES
The Benefits Of Beeswax Candles
Moving Colonies Of Bees
Dividing & Re-queening
Dividing/A Lesson On Requeening
"Honey, It's About Time"
The Best & Sweetest Part Of All!
A Sweet "Beginning"
How We Collect Our Bee Pollen
The Story Behind Our Logo, Label, & Our Name
Please Help Your Local Beekeepers! Plant Bee Friendly Flowers
ABOUT CCD, MITES, AND THE NEW MAQS Mite Away Quick Strips!
    Even Elvis, Himself, Couldn't Match Up to the "Dance" and "Moves" of a Beekeeper!
   
       Whenever we tend to our bees, we move around a lot.  Regardless of this, you would think that every beekeeper alive would be skinny as a rail. 
     I suppose that would be true if we worked on our bees every single day.  Of course, we don't.  But the days we do "work" on them, there definitely is "a whole lotta movin' goin' on".
       
      It is so necessary to tend your honeybees on a regular basis and never to allow them to "fend" for themselves.  Afterall, the true job of a good beekeeper is to take care of his/her colonies in a timely and consistent manner.

      

ONLY THE BEGINNING OF MANY MOVES
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Checking to make sure each hive is healthy and well
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     Keeping as many colonies as we do, it sure helps to "help each other out".  Many times, I'm out there "in the trenches" lifting, bending, stooping and, basically, "doin' the beekeepin' moves".   It's all in a day's work.  
(Gee, I hope my Osteopathic Doctor doesn't read this; boy, would he ever be unhappy with me!)