We Save Bees!
Take a video tour of our hives with Anita Deeley! Watch Anita Deeley of Beverly Bees demonstrate the inner workings of a honey bee hive to Sandra Lawson of Get Your Garden Growing. This video was recorded by BevCam in July 2016. Anita explains how to keep bees healthy, the problems […]
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 […]
Drawing wax and building wonky comb. Tuesday, April 27th was my first inspection of Dandelion after installing the package on April 15th. It was cloudy, 52 degrees and probably much too windy to do an inspection normally. Despite the weather, the girls were still bringing in lots of orange pollen. […]
Hive Check 4-13-12 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 and sunny with little rain and no snow melt making for dry spring conditions. The bees have been […]
Hive Check 4-4-12 This is the online version of my hive inspection notes. More descriptive posts about this hive can be found on the Crocus Hive page. It has been cold over the last week or so. I put the insulation back in the outer cover. The bees have been […]
Hive Check 3-22-12 This is the online version of my hive inspection notes. More descriptive posts about this hive can be found on the Crocus Hive page. The temperature has been unseasonable warm this winter and the last few weeks have felt like summer. It was about 70 when I […]