The Honey Factory

[duluthralphie]

3 years ago after my 40th birthday my husband paid for the skydiving jump I'd asked for years for. It was fun but i did hurt my tailbone in the landing.

You be abynormal.... I have thousands of hours flying aircraft, many times I have looked down and thought “how crazy do you have to be to step out of this nice cozy cockpit”...

Now I know,

I just don’t get it!

 

[duluthralphie]

No beard stubble on the hive this evening... we had some cooler temps and a nice north breeze today though

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The bird bath was still a pretty popular bee spot today though

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I have a full beard again tonight on the nuc (strong hive) the other has a few hanging outside but not many.

 

[karenerwin]

I have a full beard again tonight on the nuc (strong hive) the other has a few hanging outside but not many.

That's what mine are doing too. The original hive has a strong bearding presence and the split hive you can just see a bee or 2. I hope it gets stronger fast!

 

[MarkJr]

Slatted racks help immensely with bearding.

 

[OhZark Biddies]

That's what mine are doing too. The original hive has a strong bearding presence and the split hive you can just see a bee or 2. I hope it gets stronger fast!

Here at the house my split is bearding, the original is not...

but I’ve been swiping brood from the original the last few weeks trying to fix the third ( the ‘laying worker’ hive) so the original is not firing on all cylinders

 

[R2elk]

 

[Cebarmlds]

Is that dandelion? Ive never seen one like that.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Is that dandelion? Ive never seen one like that.

Right? Dandelion doesn't look like that here either.

 

[R2elk]

Is that dandelion? Ive never seen one like that.

No, as far as I know it is some kind of Hawksbeard. It is about 4' tall.

 

[R2elk]

Right? Dandelion doesn't look like that here either.

Dandelions don't look like that here either. They also don't grow that tall.