We lost one hive this year but still got some honey.

We lost one hive this year but still got some honey.

August 19, 2019

We took 2 steps forward and one step backward this year. We got 2 new hives but lost one of our older hives. We did get Honey from the other older hive though.

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A swarm on too small of a branch

A swarm on too small of a branch

May 27, 2019

I went out today to find this branch with bees on the ground.

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All the Bees are looking good.

All the Bees are looking good.

May 19, 2019

Added 5 more frames to the Long langstroths and checked the honey progress in the other 2 hives.

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Three Week Checkup

Three Week Checkup

April 27, 2019

They seem to be doing good now. Eggs and larvae in both hives.

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A rough start for the new bees

A rough start for the new bees

April 13, 2019

The new bees had a rough start but Hopefully they are ok now.

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New Bees

New Bees

April 06, 2019

Putting our new bees in their Long Langstroth homes.

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Building two Long Langstroth Hives

Building two Long Langstroth Hives

April 05, 2019

For the two packages we are about to get we decided to try them in some Long Langstroth hives.

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Swarms

Swarms

March 24, 2019

Both hives swarmed within a few days of each other.

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First Check After Winter

First Check After Winter

March 12, 2019

Looks like we had a moisture problem that caused the black on the edges of the frames. We may have also had a little too much space between 2 frames because the bees built come in between the frames. Other than that, I think they look good.

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Honey!

Honey!

July 28, 2018

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Checking the honey supers.

Checking the honey supers.

July 14, 2018

Hive 1 was full except for the end frames so I moved those to the middle. Hive 2 was completely full...

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Adding the honey supers.
We had a swarm today.

We had a swarm today.

April 17, 2018

It may have been caused by us not getting the honey supers on yet...

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Last check before winter.

Last check before winter.

November 04, 2017

Seems like a lot of hive beetles and not as full as I thought it would be.

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Added the third medium super.

Added the third medium super.

July 23, 2017

The first two supers are mostly full so I went ahead and added a third one.

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We have babies again!

We have babies again!

June 25, 2017

We have capped and uncapped brood in both hives! Bees are amazing!

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We may have new queens.

We may have new queens.

June 10, 2017

What looked like queen cells are empty now and I think I saw uncapped brood in Hive 1. I guess all we can do at this point is wait and see what happens.

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Looking for any signs that we still have a queen

Looking for any signs that we still have a queen

May 25, 2017

I still don't see any uncapped brood in either hive but It does appear that both hives have queen cells.

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Six Week Inspection

Six Week Inspection

May 15, 2017

It looks like we lost our queens.

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Three Week Inspection

Three Week Inspection

April 27, 2017

Long live the Queen!

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Maybe this Time.

Maybe this Time.

April 01, 2017

It's 2017 and we are installing two packages. We are trying all medium supers this time.

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Our first attempt at beekeeping.

Our first attempt at beekeeping.

In 2014 we bought one hive and a nuc but it did not go so well.

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