The Honey Factory

[ColtHandorf]

Nothing in bloom here so the bees are going to the neighbor's and stealing his chicken feed crumbles.

All I've seen is dandelions and whatever this is.

 

[duluthralphie]

Nothing here, except snow.

No bees here either. I am frantically looking for bees now.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Nothing here, except snow.

No bees here either. I am frantically looking for bees now.

Did none of yours make it?

 

[duluthralphie]

Did none of yours make it?

It appears not, or they are extremely sound sleepers. It has not been warm enough to open the hive yet, but I did take the insulation off on the south side.

I could. It hear them and I shook the hive and nothing came out. I would have been glad to have received a few stings even.

There is no way they would have ran out of honey. I am betting over half of it is still there. I left the hives with about 120 pounds of honey.

I last saw a bee on the 20th of Feb.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Well, hopefully they'll surprise you.

 

[Apis mellifera]

If you have a dead out, mix 1tbls of Dawn dish detergent to 1/2gal of water. Don't shake. Take 1/2 to 1 cup of dead bees on the bottom board and swirl them around in a container with the soap mix for a minute and strain out the bees. If it looks like this photo, you'll have your answer as to why they died.

 

[ColtHandorf]

you'll have your answer as to why they died.

Bee Fleas?

 

[Apis mellifera]

Bee Fleas?

Varroa Mites, the number one reason why bees die.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Varroa Mites, the number one reason why bees die.

Blech.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

If you have a dead out, mix 1tbls of Dawn dish detergent to 1/2gal of water. Don't shake. Take 1/2 to 1 cup of dead bees on the bottom board and swirl them around in a container with the soap mix for a minute and strain out the bees. If it looks like this photo, you'll have your answer as to why they died.

Holy sh**! That's like a horror movie.