Opened up all boxes today. Removed Formic treatments as they were no longer viable and did what they were supposed to do. Along the way we assessed colony health – all four good, one just okay, two average and one outstanding. Since the summer is winding down, in order to thwart robbing, we reinstalled the […]
Managing colonies means inspections. We look for the health of the colony, brood patterns and queen health. If the queen isn’t robust, a colony can have a tough time thriving. Bees build amazing things, but sometimes the build is off because foundation we supply isn’t perfect. When that happens what results is an organic spacing. […]
Bees on a visit to outyard. Suffered losses and the only way to recover is to split and rebuild. We were seeing pressure from the bees in the apiary and indications that they were starting to think about swarming. In order to recoup out losses over the winter we did a split and temporarily relocated […]
