The Honey Factory

[CindyinSD]

There are an awful lot of plants that have dandelion-like flowers that turn into dandelion-like clocks. We have those plants Bob photographed here, too, and many more--including lots of purple ones--all sorts of thistles.

 

[R2elk]

There are an awful lot of plants that have dandelion-like flowers that turn into dandelion-like clocks. We have those plants Bob photographed here, too, and many more--including lots of purple ones--all sorts of thistles.

Yep, lots of thistles.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I guess my bees like the nuc better than their big hive. I thought bees were supposed to be smart?! I might need to rename the hive, I reused the name clover but they were dummies too. Maybe it's the name..

 

[jerryse]

Going to buy more deep frames today . Need more so I can move bees from swarm trap into hive . The first hive has had a noticeable population increase . So doing good .

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I ordered more foundations from Dadant and it's currently taking 3 weeks to get supplies from them. My B&B Honey Farm order got here in just a couple days.

 

[MarkJr]

92 degrees. No wind. High humidity.
They decided to start bearding. So..... I pulled the inspection board off my screened bottom. Hour later they were all back in where they belong.

 

[karenerwin]

I need to get into both of y hives tomorrow and see how they are doing. I am hoping it has been long enough since the Queen should have taken her mating flight (July 8th ish) that I will be able to see if she is laying or not. I also need to see if the original hive needs a new super or not. The next 5 days of so are supposed to have highs of 98/99 degrees. So it's going to be very hot (and probably humid too).

 

[duluthralphie]

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92 degrees. No wind. High humidity.
They decided to start bearding. So..... I pulled the inspection board off my screened bottom. Hour later they were all back in where they belong.

mine are bearding and it’s 70 out. I have never had a bottom board on this hive, other than the day I did a mite inspection.

 

[karenerwin]

So I inspected both hives today. I used a magnifying glass to look for eggs. There are definitely eggs in the new hive but I’m not sure if it is Queen right. I’ll post pictures tomorrow.

 

[duluthralphie]

So I inspected both hives today. I used a magnifying glass to look for eggs. There are definitely eggs in the new hive but I’m not sure if it is Queen right. I’ll post pictures tomorrow.

How can it not be queen right if it has eggs?

You think they might be a worker’s eggs?

A colony of drones!!!