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Nucs and What Have I Been Up To Lately? I have spent so much time writing about the incredible bee events I have attended this summer that I have neglected to update everyone on what I have been doing lately. So in brief here it is. Expanded updates will be […]
Bee Bearding – Got Beard? Nucs Sharing A Bee Beard I have been very busy lately in the beeyard and have so much to share with you about bees. I still have plenty left to write about the treatment free conference. Plus last week I attended EAS so I have […]
Requeening – When A Queen Stops Laying Brian’s hive Squill has been having Queen related issues from the get-go. After installing the bees from a package, they did not accept their queen immediately. Then finally caved and set her free. The queen started laying with a beautiful brood pattern. […]
Extracting Brood Frames In A Honey Bound Hive Brian’s hive Squill recently became honey bound when a second super was not added to the hive in time and the nectar flow hit. To help prevent this hive from swarming, three days prior, I exchanged four of Squill’s honey bound frames […]
One Honey Bound Hive And One Starving Hive On May 26th, after I inspected Crocus and saw they had very little food and found eggs in the queen cups, Brian and I took a peek at Brian’s hive Squill. It was time to add a second super to this hive. […]
First hive inspection reveals Squill is off to a good start! Three weeks after installing his bee package, Brian finally got to inspect his hive Squill. These bees took a while to warm up to the queen, so Brian was wondering if she was in there and laying or if […]