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 ![Hive 8 got 1.25kg.](images/20220302_Hive08.jpg){ width=250px }
 
 I also cut out some of the entrances. They were really tiny. I think we just quickly carved them with a box cutter.
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+Heiko sent me some instructions for making fondant-like stuff: [Link1](https://bieneneber.ch/futterteig-bienen-herstellen/) [Link2](https://www.scharrer-online.de/2020/12/20/futterteig-rezepte/).
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+## 2022-03-03
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+I was curious what the actual phenological season around here is. I have narrowed it down to "at least pre-spring (Vorfrühling)" by finding out if the hazel is blooming. I don't really know anything about plants but apparently the hazel develops little stubs in autumn and the bloom is when those stubs turn into hanging wyrms in early spring.
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+![Hazel shrubs](images/20220303_hazel_bloom.jpg){ width=250px }
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+![Male hazel catkins (apparently that's their name)](images/20220303_hazel_bloom_close.jpg){ width=250px }
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+I am looking for a reasonable way to track what is happeining with my bees. One of the colleagues here is using an Excel sheet. I am not loving it but at least it seems to give a good overview and it's really simple to get started.
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+![Excel hive table](images/20220303_hivetable.jpg){ width=250px }