Monday, June 22, 2020

Added a box to each June 13 2020

The SE hive has a bunch of bees in the bottom (third) box so we added a box to each hive (because of upcoming shoulder surgery Monday the 15th, best to plan ahead).
Smoked the hives, all went well. No stings.

Lots of bee activity. Then Mark weed whipped all the grass down to clear the area around the hives. New batteries put in the fence charger.

Sunday, June 14, 2020

2019-2020 update lost my hives

So I lost one hive last November and my other one in February. So I hived two new colonies this year on April 11 and they're going like gang busters. I used old comb with honey and fed them until June 2. I will need to put another box on the SE hive today since they are filling the lowest (third box). Both hives have 3 boxes on. No plans to take any honey this year.