Conanicut Island Land Trust. Est. 1984 Follow. Join. Educate. Preserve. Assist.
Jamestown, RI
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CILT has changed over to Bluesky switch over at: bsky.app/profile/cilt1984.bs…
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We were curious how much wax was in capped honey frames so we kept all the wax cappings from this seasons harvest in a separate bucket then rendered it into wax, got 3.5 pounds of wax from 270 pounds of honey. Here is a picture of the end product 100% pure beeswax. #pollinatores
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We just captured our 3rd swarm hive of 2019, here is video action of the capture: youtu.be/pC0wJfHSe3I youtu.be/pC0wJfHSe3I
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Great work by the town of Jamestown permanently protecting 33 more lots in the Shores by putting them into a Conservation Easement with CILT.
We had a great group of students and teachers from the Lawn Ave school come to Godena to learn about bees and pollinators for Island Treasures today.
After being cooped up for days the girls are finally out gathering pollen and nectar - slow start to the honey season hoping for better weather soon!
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Article on the Pollinators movie. wbur.org/earthwhile/2019/04/…
Article on the Godena Apiary in this week's Press. jamestownpress.com/articles/…
Due to weather the egg hunt is moved from Godena Farm to the library. facebook.com/Conanicutlandtr…
We installed Hives 13 and 14 today here is a video of Hive 13 install: youtu.be/TrtXmIaP1W4 youtu.be/TrtXmIaP1W4
Meet Hive 12 - we just made a home to 10,000 Italian honeybees from Georgia. We should be getting Hives 13 and 14 soon, the California packages are late due to weather issues.
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We will bee installing a package of honeybees today at 12 PM at the Godena apiary swing down if interested in seeing the install of hive 12.
Another sign of spring - the ground nesting bees just came out - Colletes inaequalis. These are native bees that live in the sandy soil, they will be active for about 3 weeks this spring. They are harmless and great pollinators.
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