Getting the hives ready for fall honey flow and winter. This is row #1. We are moving the hives over to this area of the pasture slowly but surely. Hubby mowed tonight so tomorrow we can set more blocks and get the last 10 hives moved over there. We are going into winter with 20 full hives at home and 13 at our other two apiaries, our largest number yet. He wants to focus on selling queens and nucs next year with the extras (provided they make it through winter).
I've got another picture but I will refrain from sharing it- a HUGE (probably 5 ft long) black ratsnake that lives in the wellhouse. We've spotted him from time to time since we moved in but I've never seen his whole body at once. He stays in the wellhouse for the most part so I let him be since I'm sure he's eating mice, if I ever catch him back in the chicken yard it's another story.
Sorry about your stings. Those things are nasty and not good for anything as far as I know. In other news two more Del chicks hatched so that's three. I've had far to many broodies this year and not enough chicks hatched for the trouble. I gave away or sold chicks early in spring as we went to TX for the arrival of the newest Princess. So if I had broodies they got either Dels or Marans. Fall should be fun trying to grow them out.
