Maine

[MEMama3]

I took Finn to Tractor Supply today. He was a little scared in the car, but as soon as we got in, he was cleaning himself and purring a lot. He didn't like the chicks, his face got all red and he made his mad-purring sounds. He got a lot of compliments!

Beautiful boy and great name. My daughter's name is Finn.

 

[Widget]

Why wait until next year to try again? Order a couple of packages and split those supers into 2 hives. I think only one of our 4 hives survived the winter Had plenty of honey as well...it was a very cold winter. A friend of mine lost half her hives also. I can only assume the price of honey will rise.

I would but the money is not in the budget. If packages were closer to $50 instead of $100 or more could swing it.

 

[ashandvine]

Widget this is awful. I feel remiss for not even thinking of the bees. We were nearly a cord short and they were probably a quart short. [that was supposed to be a little funny]. So... if you wanted to buy a package and someone was to help... then what? Maybe swap some honey or something?

 

[Jazor]

Finally brought the phone down to the barn with me, grabbed a few photos.

 

[yankeehill]

I would but the money is not in the budget. If packages were closer to $50 instead of $100 or more could swing it.

I know...it's alot of money to reinvest. I suppose you could hope for a swarm, or maybe sell the honey from one super to pay for a package? Around here, we're getting close to $20 a quart for honey.

 

[yankeehill]

So what did you do to winterize them? Do you wrap the hives? I think I'm going to suggest to my husband that we build a three sided shelter (adirondak?) to house them for the winters.

 

[yankeehill]

If it weren't snowing so blasted much, I'd run down to see if that hen I saw sitting in a nest laid an egg! That would be our first chicken egg in months. I found the newest hiding place of the geese today. I happened to notice up under the rabbit cages there were some egg shells...sure enough, there were 2 whole eggs in it, along with the one broken one. The cold weather had shut the ducks and the geese down, but I guess they're back to laying

 

[ashandvine]

My Orloff chicks arrived a day early!

 

[buckabucka]

My Orloff chicks arrived a day early! 

Congrats! Are these hatching, or shipped?

 

[striperon]

So what did you do to winterize them? Do you wrap the hives? I think I'm going to suggest to my husband that we build a three sided shelter (adirondak?) to house them for the winters.