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Ok! Thank you. We will have below freezing temps again next week. Should I put syrup out anyway? The farthest out forecast says 30-33 overnight lows a week out.

I opened the new hive. Hubby is visiting his dad in NC, so I was on my own. This was the first time going in solo, so I was a bit nervous, and I didn't take any pictures. This is what I saw. Lots of bees. They had not finished the left over sugar in the feeder box, but there wasn't much left...

Yes, Sandhill has been mentioned at the local club meetings as a very good source.

Can you recommend a place to buy a queen? Or would it be better to buy a queen from someone in my local club?

Now the new hive is back to the 12 or so out front. The congestion is gone. I went out with binoculars, and I did see bees going in with pollen.

This is the "new" hive, the split off the original one. We took the deep box, the medium, and the feeder. The medium had whatever was left of the honey the original crew put up. I have an entrance reducer on, and there is an access hole in the deep box. I used the "small" opening for the...

Very nervous about all the warm temps coming next week. It's too early!!

I am so looking forward to getting some of our own honey this year! Last year, we left it all for the girls who did all the work, since we just had the one hive. If the winds die down, I'll be looking in on them tomorrow. Right now, we have 40-50 mph gusts.

I planted some last fall. My neighbor has a lot, and some has escaped into the field. I've read it "becomes invasive," but if it can take over the the brome grass, more power to it. We also have purple dead nettle, and I've seen girls with the neon magenta pollen in their baskets. So cool...

Thank you! I appreciate the explanation.

I'm assuming you mean you put the top deep on the bottom, and bottom on the top. Can you explain why you did this?

We used Formic Pro last August. Right now, we'll have low temps too low, or that's what I would have ordered. I will order it for the summer treatment. The new hive is showing more activity. I see a dozen bees coming and going. I plan to look into the feeder on top of it on Saturday. We have a...

We went out to look at the hives. The old one is very active. The new one... not. I did see a couple of bees come out, and I did hear buzzing when I put my ear down by the entrance. :fl:fl:fl

In my Mann Lake order, I got a varroa check washing cup. When we peeked inside, we set the top box on an upside down lid on the ground. When we put it back, we saw plenty of mites. 😬 That's what had fallen off the bees. I counted 8. I'm really :fl:fl:fl that we have treated in time to save...

We had a lot of brood between the two deep boxes. We weren't sure what we had because the cells got ripped apart. What say ye more knowledgeable?

Well. We were going to "peek" at the bees. Oh. My. The hive was bursting. I will say up front: We don't know what we're doing. We may now have two hives (we split it), or they may all die from varroa mite issues. We treated with Apivar (both old and new). All positive thoughts/wishes/prayers...

What do you look for when deciding whether to make a split? What about timing? Someone at the meeting said when the dandelions are in bloom is when you split, if you're going to. After the meeting on Wednesday night and looking at a lot of stuff online, my brain is overflowing.

I had told her that we wouldn't get honey the first year, as we'd leave it for the bees. Like you don't pick any asparagus the first year. So she knows. I will give her some, though... just to be neighborly. I still have not heard from her about this...🤨

Bee meeting tonight. We're turning it into an errand run, since the meeting is about 45 minutes away. Oh, and dinner out, too. One stop will be Flowerland. Their website says they have Trumpet Vine plants in stock. I've read they can take 3-5 years to flower (maybe that refers to plants grown...