Woodcarving, Beekeeping, and Country Life

Had several things on my mind for this inspection. My dad assisted again. It’s nice to have an added pair of hands and thoughts.

How was hive N1 responding to the added brood?

Seems that the N1 bees were doing well. They are flying really well and the frame of brood I put in is 3/4 full of . . . → Read More: Beekeeping – Inspection 05/24/08

Had a pretty interesting inspection this morning. Bees were great except for one angry one. It buzzed my head, circled the girls, chased the wife, and then stung my father-in-law on the lip. Can it get better?

Hive N1 (Naomi) is still pretty far behind Hive A1 (Abi). Found a wax moth larva on a . . . → Read More: Beekeeping – Inspection 05/17/08

Got 5 frame nucs. Bees first full day was Wednesday. Put in feeders on Saturday and added 4 tops bars. Added 2 in the brood area on the ends and 2 in the honey area. Inspected today. Several bees were concentrating on the popsicle sticks in the honey area. I assume they . . . → Read More: Beekeeping – Quick Inspection 05/13/08

Did my first inspection today. Dad came over and helped out. He had nine hives years ago and is used to being around bees so that was nice. This was my first time ever opening a hive and I really enjoyed it. Decided to go without gloves as we fully expected the bees to be occupied . . . → Read More: Beekeeping – First Inspection