There has been some interest in seeing the difference between virgin and mated queens. I had the opportunity to snap a few pictures of both, so I figured I would share them.
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Virgin vs. Mated queen
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First successful queen
Checked my queen castle today. It has two splits in it that I’ve been working on. The earlier one has come back with a good mated queen. I checkerboarded in 3 new foundationless frames in a nuc box. Now I…
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Then there were three
Hive two started making several swarm cells so I took the opportunity to make a split. I know it’s not painted. Had to trow it together quick. This one will be Nuc 1. I took it to Meyers outyard wich…
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Supers are on
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Virgin Queen Cages
Spent an afternoon making a few of these: I plan to use these to effectively bank virgin queens until I have room in a queen castle or mating nuc. I’m planning on posting an over view of how to make…
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Alive hives
I keep thinking that there is going to be another cold snap that manages to kill one or both hives. Yet they both keep thriving. I still think there is a chance for starvation if a long cold snap occurs.…
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Here is what I’ve been up to this winter
I’ve been building some hive bodies and nuc boxes out of some scrap lumber. These are ready for paint. I’ve also been assembling a lot of frames. I have pretty much decided to stick with all deeps. I’ve also basically…
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Cleansing flights
The bees were out and about today. It’s good to see activity on both landing boards! Come on spring!!!
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Winter hive check
Checked on the hives yesterday. So far everyone is still buzzing. I’m really starting to get excited about next year. I’m planning on trying several things. Swarm trapping, Splits, raising Nucs, Queen rearing at least at some level. I have…
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Daddy long leg
Wouldn’t you know it! While I was wearing my beek gloves this evening I spotted him crawling through the grass. It was a daddy long leg spider carrying a honey bee in its mouth. Had my gloves on so was…
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