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Death of a Hive: A Postmortem Analysis It is with great sadness that I write this post and one of the reasons it has been a while since I have posted last. Of course this was also partly due to normal holiday busyness and the craziness of being parent at […]
Milkweed Hive and Spot the Queen I finally got around to naming one of my swarm hives. Actually a reader and fellow beekeeper, Mary Lou Chase, suggested the name because her bees were foraging on the blossoms at the time. She even sent me this beautiful picture she took of […]
“ERRRR!” 10 Bee Stings, Wacky Comb and a Mean Hive Bees have different buzzing sounds, that a beekeeper can use to judge the mood of the hive. A gentle “hmmmmmm” is a good sound you want to hear in a happy hive. When you do something the bees don’t […]
First hive inspection reveals Squill is off to a good start! Three weeks after installing his bee package, Brian finally got to inspect his hive Squill. These bees took a while to warm up to the queen, so Brian was wondering if she was in there and laying or if […]
Hive Inspection 4-25-12 This is an online version of my hive inspection notes. More descriptive posts about this hive can be found on the Crocus Hive page. The weather has been seasonable but rainy and windy and the bees have not been out much the past 3-4 days. It was […]