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Honey producer visits Alfredo Malanca apiary to buy buckwheat honey
Here is a honey packer from the Montreal visiting the apiary of Alfredo Malanca in northeastern Ontario, loading buckwheat honey to be sold to specialty stores in cities across North America.
Robert Campbell posted a blog postNew Holland 658, Baling Hay in Ontario Canada
Talk about 'making hay while the sun shines'. Here's a short video I shot on Saturday June 16th 2012 of my nephew Ryan baling hay with his New Holland 658 hay baler. The grass feed is a mixture of alfalfa, red clover and timothy and as such will make excellent feed for the growing numbers of cows on their feedlots. I can remember harvesting the hay in this field in the 1970s and 80s - we used to walk behind the tractor and wagon and pitch 80 lbs bales onto the wagon - this exercise was…See More
Roadrunner commented on Robert Campbell's blog post Black Bears Strike But Are Repelled By Electric Fences In Ontario Beeyards"Great stories and blog, I enjoy learning about bees and your challenges.
Thanks,
RR"
Robert Campbell posted a blog postBlack Bears Strike But Are Repelled By Electric Fences In Ontario Beeyards
Some black bears did launch an attack on of our remote beeyards last week! This is what bear damage looks like, and it could have been a lot worse. The total loss was only four frames of brood. And that's because this beeyard, like all of our locations in southern Ontario, is protected by a heavy duty solar fencer.Its unlikely the hive blew over in the wind - in the time that has passed since we last visited this…See More
Joe Dales commented on Robert Campbell's blog post Son of a Beekeeper Blog on Ontario Agriculture Network"Hi Rob,
Thanks for sharing your blog.
When I was young, my father had some bee colonies on our farm and I was amazed at how the bees behaved.
Take care,
Joe"
Robert Campbell posted a blog postSon of a Beekeeper Blog on Ontario Agriculture Network
Hello from Rob Campbell the original Son of a Beekeeper in Ontario Canada. I hope to keep a blog presence here on the Ontario Agricultural network to keep readers updated on the latest challenges facing Canadian beekeepers. Because I have the good fortune of living near and helping out my family's apiary which is just east of Toronto, the city in…See More
Robert Campbell commented on Gus Ternoey's blog post My Mistake - My Opportunity"thank you for finding time to write these tales and misadventures."
Robert Campbell commented on Gus Ternoey's blog post When Neighbours Stop by - its a good thing"great conversational farm storytelling . This farm blog-net needs more of that. What about pictures? your blog would be spectacular if you had pics of anything in that tale, like the trench, or the tile and esp 85 yr old uncle. just saying"
Robert Campbell posted a status"This is my first status update ontag farms . I'm excited to be here. I look forward to learning and sharing agricultural images and ideas."
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Canadian Beekeeper in Ontario
Here's Johnny Bee Good in a beeyard near Hastings Ontario in August 2011 making ready with his hive tool to remove the queen excluder, which is a metal screen that restricts the queen to the brood chambers below. This keeps eggs out of the honey supers above - you can see the super has been removed and now sits upright beside Johnny. I wrote about the 2011 honey harvest was near crop failure, on Son of a Beekeeper , my Tumblr blog.
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Ontario Beekeepers Prize Pungent Buckwheat Honey
After spending time with another local beekeeper and helping harvest his annual summer honey crop this son of a beekeeper has become even more acutely aware of the various honey regions that are waiting to be discovered by North American kitchens , across the province of Ontario.
One such naturally occurring region is the wild buckwheat fields in northeastern Ontario, above hwy 7 on…
ContinuePosted on September 1, 2012 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment
New Holland 658, Baling Hay in Ontario Canada
Talk about 'making hay while the sun shines'. Here's a short video I shot on Saturday June 16th 2012 of my nephew Ryan baling hay with his New Holland 658 hay baler. The grass feed is a mixture of alfalfa, red clover and timothy and as such will make excellent feed for the growing numbers of cows on their feedlots.
I can remember harvesting the hay in this field in the 1970s and 80s - we used to walk behind the tractor and wagon and pitch 80 lbs bales onto the wagon…
ContinuePosted on June 17, 2012 at 9:36am
Black Bears Strike But Are Repelled By Electric Fences In Ontario Beeyards
Some black bears did launch an attack on of our remote beeyards last week!
This is what bear damage looks like, and it could have been a lot worse. The total loss was only four frames of brood. And that's because this beeyard, like all of our locations in southern Ontario, is protected by a heavy duty solar fencer.
Its unlikely the hive blew over in the wind - in the…
ContinuePosted on May 13, 2012 at 8:49pm — 1 Comment
Son of a Beekeeper Blog on Ontario Agriculture Network
Hello from Rob Campbell the original Son of a Beekeeper in Ontario Canada.
I hope to keep a blog presence here on the Ontario Agricultural network to keep readers updated on the latest challenges facing Canadian beekeepers. Because I have the good fortune of living near and helping out my family's…
ContinuePosted on April 15, 2012 at 11:50am — 1 Comment
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Grain Futures Prices Move Higher.
Thursday's Closing Grain and Livestock News.Canada Threatens Retaliation As Meat Labelling Deadline Passes
Canada is threatening possible retaliatory trade action against the United States, claiming that country has failed to comply with a World Trade Organization ruling on its contentious livestock labelling rules.May 22, 2013 OMAFRA Field Crop Report
Most canola has been planted into warm, moist soil conditions resulting in good emergence in 5-7 days.Ag Canada Raises Canadian Grain, Oilseed Production Estimates
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada raised its projections for production of the major grain and oilseed crops in Canada during the upcoming 2013/14 (August/July) crop year from estimates made in April.Forage Report – May 23, 2013
First-cut forage yield expectations are quite variable, with some drier areas and winter damaged, older, and fall harvested stands showing reduced yield potential.© 2013 Created by Darren Marsland.
