Found several bees in the yard unable to fly so decided to treat the queen castle colony for Nosema using Oxalic acid fumes. The hive has not increased in size for more than 2 months so will have to wait to see how it works. All the other hives are doing well. Will have to let it go this autumn if this doesn't work.
Pulled the top box off the last hive today and harvested honey. There was still brood in the center comb so left them in place and cleaned and returned the empty bars back and replaced the box on the hive. Got about 16#s of honey, should have been around 25#. Because I was experimenting (bad idea) the lower box had no top bars so had another mishap with everything falling down but eventually got it straightened out. Honey is super sweet with a light amber color. I bottle for allergy sufferers so leave it murky with lots of pollen. With such a wet spring and all my hives swarming at least twice I think it was not to bad. Creating a hardy bee line is the important thing. Later
Pulled the top box off the last hive today and harvested honey. There was still brood in the center comb so left them in place and cleaned and returned the empty bars back and replaced the box on the hive. Got about 16#s of honey, should have been around 25#. Because I was experimenting (bad idea) the lower box had no top bars so had another mishap with everything falling down but eventually got it straightened out. Honey is super sweet with a light amber color. I bottle for allergy sufferers so leave it murky with lots of pollen. With such a wet spring and all my hives swarming at least twice I think it was not to bad. Creating a hardy bee line is the important thing. Later
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