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Eggs and Larvae Hallelujah! This is Déjà vu. Didn’t I write this just a few weeks ago? Our latest new queen has now integrated into the hive successfully and has started laying eggs. What a relief. Our bee population is … Continue reading
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Sunflowers are the perfect flower for our garden. They are beautiful and bright as they tower over all other plants in the garden. They bring joy to my heart and a smile to my face just by looking at them. Sunflowers … Continue reading
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As we went to inspect the hive this week, we noticed several dead bee bodies around the front of the hive. These dead bee bodies were joined by several wasp bodies. Our bees have been under attack by wasps and … Continue reading
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Bees are efficient creatures and they love honey. After we put our honey into smaller containers for future use, we had the big bucket full of residual honey – honey that lined the sides of the bucket that didn’t come … Continue reading
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We have gotten into a weekly inspection cadence with our bee hive. We’ve been advised to inspect our bee hive every 7 to 10 days. Today should have been that day. Inspections to hives are done to make sure that … Continue reading
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After finding our new queen bee in the last inspection, but no eggs and larvae, we decided to be patient and give her more time. We inspected the hive today and found what the hive desperately needed: eggs and larvae. … Continue reading
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Our last inspection exposed that we had a hive without a queen. We left two queen cells hoping that at least one would make it into a queen for the hive. We checked our hive again, looking for a queen, looking … Continue reading
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Dave and I just got back from our local Bee Club Annual Picnic and am so excited about everything that I’ve learned, that I want to get it all down before I forget. I had many great conversations with other beekeepers … Continue reading
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We were excited to open up the hive again to see how the bees were taking to our new frames and also to look for eggs with renewed vigor. What we found surprised us. Looking for eggs: We aggressively and … Continue reading
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As I discussed in my last blog, we needed to replace some of the frames that weren’t being used by the bees. These frames were older, looked unhealthy and different. This may or may not be a problem as we don’t … Continue reading
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