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="Arial" size="1"><b><a target="_top" href="../beesearch.htm">Search</a>              <a target="_top" href="http://www.honeybeeworld.com/">Home</a><br> </b><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="Arial" size="1"><a target="_parent" href="http://honeybeeworld.com/forum/">HoneyBeeWorld Forum</a><br> <b><a target="_top" href="topics.htm">Selected Topics</a></b></font></p> <p align="center" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"><font face="Arial" size="1"><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>  <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="700" bordercolorlight="#008080" bordercolordark="#000080" id="table1"> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><font face="Calibri">  * * *<a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/pastpages.htm"> </a> </font><b><font face="Calibri"> <a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/pastpages.htm">Travel Back to Previous Diary Pages - Click here</a> </font></b><font face="Calibri">  * * * <br> </font><font face="Calibri" size="2">   - If you came here looking for something specific, please scroll down, use your browser search (Ctrl+F), or look <a style="font-weight: 700; font-style: italic" href="../beesearch.htm">here</a> -  <br>   - Is text on this page too large or small?  Press "Ctrl" and "+" or "Ctrl" and "-" at the same time to change it.-</font><font face="Calibri" size="1"><br> Do you have an ad blocker turned on? Selected ads at right offer products and services related to topics on this page</font></p></td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div> </body>