Installed a three pound package in late April on all new foundation. Fed sugar syrup for the first month and then stopped when the dandelions came out. By mid July they have drawn six frames of the ten and the queen is…
Brood box is full, eight of ten frames wall to wall brood and stores, and there is clearly a flow on because the brood box gained weight. Put a super of fresh foundation on four weeks ago with a queen excluder. The bees…
One colony going into its first winter with me. Local low is around minus 20C for a couple of weeks in January and we get a lot of freeze thaw either side. I have enough material to build a quilt box with wood shavings,…
Two hives, both strong, both with supers still on. Did my first proper alcohol wash on both and got nine and eleven mites per 300 bees. I know that is high but I do not know how high, and I do not know what I can…
Single hive, second year, ten frame box with a super. Opened up on Sunday and found six capped cells hanging off the bottom bars of two brood frames. I saw a lot of bees but did not spot the queen and I did not see…