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Did an inspection on 2 hives this morning.  One is a split that was done a few weeks ago that had to be re-queened about a two weeks ago or so. She must have taken to the colony because on … Continue reading →

Well friends and neighbors.  Although this time we didn’t get any pictures, we did get to see some hives bursting with activity. Today we inspected three of the 6 hives remaining at the conservation bee yard. “Samwise” in the 8 … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, July 13th, Samwise was split by taking 4 frames of eggs, mixed brood and bees into a 5 frame nuc. As part of the education aspect of BBE-Tech, the split was put into the 5 frame nuc observation … Continue reading →

As of today, Samwise has 2 deep 8 frame boxes and will have a third box added this coming Thursday. A full inspection will be done on the hive on Thursday as well.    

Today we added another box to Frodo, taking it to 3 boxes down at the conservation bee yard. The colony was very calm despite it being dark and overcast during the time we worked the hive. It’s possible that another … Continue reading →

With being so busy and the rainy weather, it’s been about a month since my last inspection of Bilbo. Bilbo is down in the Conservation bee yard with the other hives. As of today, Bilbo has 3 boxes and will … Continue reading →

Just watching the entrances of the hives in the nursery for awhile. It was mostly sunny, about 74 and not too humid.  A very nice day. Lots of activity at all of the hives.  Finally seeing pollen come in at … Continue reading →

Got a call to collect a swarm about 4:30 pm out near 141st and Blondo St area. Because of how they were wrapped all around the tree instead of hanging in a cluster,  I went ahead and used the bee … Continue reading →

We had some excitement earlier in the day when we hived a newly captured swarm. Almost looked as if “Bilbo” was going to up and leave us. Now they seem to have settled in and are looking much better. Poor … Continue reading →