Foundationless Frames And Wacky Comb Building My foundationless hive Willow, has been doing a great job building out foundationless frames and is progressing along nicely since I installed it from a package on April 14th, 2012. A few weeks before this inspection on May 25th, 2012, I placed a second […]
Beekeeping
Swarm Call 3 – “There’s A Bee Swarm In My Bushes”
There’s A Bee Swarm In My Bushes A few days after retrieving the bee swarm off the “power lines”, Brian and I received another swarm call. “There’s honeybees everywhere in the air about 30 feet off the ground.” The caller proceeded to tell me they were in the process of […]
One Honey Bound Hive And One Starving Hive
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. […]
Queen Cups With Eggs! – Crocus Hive Inspection 5-26-12
Queen Cups With Eggs! Crocus spent the end of April and beginning of May ditching and evicting drones when they reared new bees faster than they could feed them. Then we were hit with cold rainy weather which prevented the field bees from foraging. I was worried this hive may […]
Swarm Call 2 – “There’s Another Bee Swarm Near The Power Lines”
The Queenless Swarm That Was Left Behind One day after capturing a swarm of bees on the “power lines”, I got another call from Beth. “There is still a softball size swarm near the power lines. Are you sure you got the queen?” I was positive I had the queen, […]
Bee Swarm Call 1 – “There’s A Bee Swarm On The Power Lines”
“There’s A Bee Swarm On The Power Lines” This year has been a record setter for the number of bee swarms in our area. I think the warm winter and spring with periods of rain followed by bright sunny days has created the perfect conditions for swarming. In fact, only […]