A BEE thread....for those interested in beekeeping.

[Deb B]

I started my journey into bee keeping.

I purchased my first full Italian hive from a bee keeper who injured his back in a car accident and could no longer lift his hives. A huge leap ahead of buying a Nuc or boxed bees.

Here are some photos in this weekends chronological order.

This is the hive I bought just after unloading it.




Waiting for paint to dry on the new hive boxes and supers

Painted on my wifes family crest



Built I much nicer base for two future hives. Which I designed to hold hive frames too.



Sunday's adventure included my neighbor and bee keeping mentor and myself performing this neglected hive's first full checkup along with moving them into the new brood box and adding a second brood box due to obvious crowding... We continued on by Adding a landing pad...Adding a hive beetle trap (I counted only10)...No Wax Moth Larva...No disease...a very strong population... Two frames front and back full of honey so they have plenty of food...



Inspecting and moving the frames over to new home.


Now waiting for them to clean the wax off the old brooder box and lid before I store it for the Spring 2015 when I plan to split the hive...



I am done for the next few weeks now!


Too much fun!

Congrats! Bee-utiful hive. I also love the hive stand idea for holding frames. Enjoy your beekeeping adventure.

 

[Steadfast]

Thanks I will....

 

[Steadfast]

More of My Bees photos:

 

[joannefiddler]

Fantastic shots! Please keep sharing them. Methinks you are a patient man.

 

[1muttsfan]

Nice!

 

[OHhappychicks]

Great pics Steadfast!

 

[3goodeggs]

I have my hive. So I need to start reading this thread as well!

We bought a nuc box, and unfortunately, found our first hive beetle larva in the beetle trap yesterday.

No one said it would be easy.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I have my hive. So I need to start reading this thread as well!

We bought a nuc box, and unfortunately, found our first hive beetle larva in the beetle trap yesterday.

No one said it would be easy.

Welcome to the group!

 

[Happy Chooks]

I haven't checked on my hive in a while. I need to get to extracting, but we're supposed to have a cool down this week. Ugh, when I need it hot, it's not and when I need it cool, it's hot.

 

[sunflower4you]

I think I'll join the conversation. We got bees for the first time this May before we even had chickens. I told my husband that we probably shouldn't get both in the same year, but here we are, learning a day at a time!

The bees were doing so well! We added a second brood box and then a honey super when the 2nd box was 3/4 full, but then they swarmed! Apparently they were doing TOO well! A fellow beekeeper told us to just leave them alone for a couple weeks and see what happens. They are still very active at the entrance and they are all over our wildflowers collecting nectar. We are thinking we may not get any honey for this first adventure, but we'll see.