Bees

New Beginnings

Posted by GardenGirl
This is the new Nuc I got.
My Grandson Wendell’s first adventure with beekeeping.
He’s a very brave beekeeper!
This is going to be a great new hive.
Her Majesty – the Queen.

Checking On My Splits

Posted by GardenGirl
This was my first nuc/split of the season, I think the Queen and her entourage has swarmed though.
The girls are working hard anyways.
I need to put in some open brood to keep the laying workers from starting.
This frame of open brood will work well.
A new queen cell in the making.
The donor hive’s queen is spotted. God save the queen.

Catching a honeybee swarm!

Posted by GardenGirl

Today we watched an amazing sight. A honeybee colony left it’s home and hovered around and landed on a little cedar tree by a fence. Michael caught it, shook it into a new hive and set it back in his apiary.