Diary of an Alberta Commercial Beekeeper

<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" text="#000000"> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" height="100%"> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="640" height="0"> <tr> <td> <h1 align="center"><i>Bees, Honey Production, <br> Pollination and Beekeepers</i></h1> <h1 align="center"><i><font face="Arial" size="1">A daily diary of activities in our commercial beekeeping operation <br> in Central Alberta, Canada, and observations on the business of <br> keeping 2500 hives of bees.  </font></i></h1> <h1 align="center"><i><font face="Arial" size="1">We're retired now, but still keep a few hives. The entries <br> now go back a decade and include both commercial an hobby experiences.</font></i></h1> <p align="center"><b><a href="pastpages.htm">Directory of  Diary Entries</a></b></p> <p align="center"><a href="images/2004/allen.jpg"> <img border="0" src="images/allen_small.jpg" alt="The beekeeper" align="center" width="150" height="174"></a></p> <div align="center">  <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111"> <center></center> <tr> <td> <p align="center" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"> <font face="Calibri" size="2"><a target="_top" href="../beesearch.htm">Search</a>              <a target="_top" href="http://www.honeybeeworld.com/">Home</a><br> <a target="_top" href="http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/"> Current Diary Page</a></font></p> <p align="center" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"> <font face="Calibri" size="2"><a target="_parent" href="http://honeybeeworld.com/forum/">HoneyBeeWorld Forum</a><br> <a target="_top" href="topics.htm">Selected Topics</a></font></p> <p align="center" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"> <font face="Calibri" size="2"><a target="_top" href="../ouroperation/img0.html">Tour of our operation (old)</a><br> <a target="_top" href="menus/swalwell.htm">Where I live</a></font></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div>  <p align="center"> <font face="Arial Narrow" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_top" href="http://www.honeybeeworld.com">Home</a> | <a target="_top" href="default.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> Current Diary Page</a><br> <a href="pastpages.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> Diary Archives</a> | <a target="_top" href="topics.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> Selected Beekeeping Topics</a><br> <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=IABSWALW2" style="text-decoration: none"> My Weather Station</a> |<a target="right2" href="../forum/"> </a> <a target="right2" href="../forum/" style="text-decoration: none">Honey Bee World Forum</a> | <a href="http://www.honeybeeworld.com/lists" style="text-decoration: none"> HoneyBeeWorld List</a> | <a target="_blank" href="../contact_me/index.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Write me</a><br> <a target="_top" href="../beesearch.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Search HoneyBeeWorld.com</a></font></p> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div> </body>