Finished working on the expansion of the TBH today and beat the storm that's coming in. I added a narrow regular super filled with comb boxes. I chose the TBH as it has the most active bees. The colony is strong and I am hopeful that they can fill the super with good honey before the end of July, at which time I will remove it and let them store for themselves the rest of the year. Here's a picture: It has a removable cover so if I wanted, in a good year, I could add more supers on top. This year is iffy weather wise, as the blooms are very short lived.
The swarm I caught on Monday has 1 1/5 combs built already. Not bad for the size of the colony. I'm thinking they may be fine by winter time. The other hive I added the queen to, I'm not so sure about. Still have three weeks to go before I see any increase in bees. Then I'll feel better. Got stung on the nose yesterday while trying to put the cover back on the hive. I had been working on it for quite some time too. They are extremely tame, even let the dogs stick their noses right into the entryway without giving them trouble. I do of course, because if they attack the dogs their liable to come for me.
Checked on the bee tree today and found a few bees working below one of the holes I plugged up. Not sure whats going on but I told them I'm done and to call an exterminator if they return en mass. Later
Checked on the bee tree today and found a few bees working below one of the holes I plugged up. Not sure whats going on but I told them I'm done and to call an exterminator if they return en mass. Later
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