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Our Story
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Difficulties
[[spring pollen and nectar interactive| Pollen and Nectar Chart]]
Our Story
We started with a package of bees installed into a top bar hive in Spring 2014. We did a walk-away split into a langstroth in early summer. Both hives survived the first winter. Spring of 2015 we created 2 nucs, and in the summer we moved into full boxes.
Why
Keeping bees is a ton of fun. Its so neat to watch them make more bees, comb, and honey.
Difficulty
For a backyard beekeeper, it only requires an hour a week. Online communities/forums can answer any questions you have, as can your local beekeeper association. The bees do all the hard work, you just need to not get in their way.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
[[bee log]]
[[Brass Bee Apiaries|get your own bees]]
Our Story
Why
Difficulties
[[spring+pollen+and+nectar+interactive| Pollen and Nectar Chart]]
Our Story
We started with a package of bees installed into a top bar hive in Spring 2014. We did a walk-away split into a langstroth in early summer. Both hives survived the first winter. Spring of 2015 we created 2 nucs, and in the summer we moved into full boxes.
Why
Keeping bees is a ton of fun. Its so neat to watch them make more bees, comb, and honey.
Difficulty
For a backyard beekeeper, it only requires an hour a week. Online communities/forums can answer any questions you have, as can your local beekeeper association. The bees do all the hard work, you just need to not get in their way.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
[[bee log]]
[[Brass Bee Apiaries|get your own bees]]
Our Story
Why
Difficulties
[[spring+pollen+and+nectar+interactive | Pollen and Nectar Chart]]
Our Story
We started with a package of bees installed into a top bar hive in Spring 2014. We did a walk-away split into a langstroth in early summer. Both hives survived the first winter. Spring of 2015 we created 2 nucs, and in the summer we moved into full boxes.
Why
Keeping bees is a ton of fun. Its so neat to watch them make more bees, comb, and honey.
Difficulty
For a backyard beekeeper, it only requires an hour a week. Online communities/forums can answer any questions you have, as can your local beekeeper association. The bees do all the hard work, you just need to not get in their way.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
[[bee log]]
[[Brass Bee Apiaries|get your own bees]]
Our Story
Why
Difficulties
Our Story
We started with a package of bees installed into a top bar hive in Spring 2014. We did a walk-away split into a langstroth in early summer. Both hives survived the first winter. Spring of 2015 we created 2 nucs, and in the summer we moved into full boxes.
Why
Keeping bees is a ton of fun. Its so neat to watch them make more bees, comb, and honey.
Difficulty
For a backyard beekeeper, it only requires an hour a week. Online communities/forums can answer any questions you have, as can your local beekeeper association. The bees do all the hard work, you just need to not get in their way.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
[[bee log]]
[[buy bees|get your own bees]]
Our Story
Why
Difficulties
Our Story
We started with a package of bees installed into a top bar hive in Spring 2014. We did a walk-away split into a langstroth in early summer. Both hives survived the first winter. Spring of 2015 we created 2 nucs, and in the summer we moved into full boxes.
Why
Keeping bees is a ton of fun. Its so neat to watch them make more bees, comb, and honey.
Difficulty
For a backyard beekeeper, it only requires an hour a week. Online communities/forums can answer any questions you have, as can your local beekeeper association. The bees do all the hard work, you just need to not get in their way.
References
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
[[bee log]]
[[buy bees|get your own bees]]
Our Story
Why
Difficulty
Our Story
We started with a package of bees installed into a top bar hive in Spring 2014. We did a walk-away split into a langstroth in early summer. Both hives survived the first winter. Spring of 2015 we created 2 nucs, and in the summer we moved into full boxes.
Why
Keeping bees is a ton of fun. Its so neat to watch them make more bees, comb, and honey.
Difficulty
For a backyard beekeeper, it only requires an hour a week. Online communities/forums can answer any questions you have, as can your local beekeeper association. The bees do all the hard work, you just need to not get in their way.
References
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
[[bee log]]
[[buy bees|get your own bees]]
Our Story
Why
Difficulty
Our Story
We started with a package of bees installed into a top bar hive in Spring 2014. We did a walk-away split into a langstroth in early summer. Both hives survived the first winter. Spring of 2015 we created 2 nucs, and in the summer we moved into full boxes.
Why
Keeping bees is a ton of fun. Its so neat to watch them make more bees, comb, and honey.
Difficulty
For a backyard beekeeper, it only requires an hour a week. Online communities/forums can answer any questions you have, as can your local beekeeper association. The bees do all the hard work, you just need to not get in their way.
References
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
[[bee log]]
[[buy bees|get your own bees]]
Our Story
WHy
Difficulty
Our Story
We started with a package of bees installed into a top bar hive in Spring 2014. We did a walk-away split into a langstroth in early summer. Both hives survived the first winter. Spring of 2015 we created 2 nucs, and in the summer we moved into full boxes.
Why
Keeping bees is a ton of fun. Its so neat to watch them make more bees, comb, and honey.
Difficulty
For a backyard beekeeper, it only requires an hour a week. Online communities/forums can answer any questions you have, as can your local beekeeper association. The bees do all the hard work, you just need to not get in their way.
References
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
[[bee log]]
[[buy bees|get your own bees]]
Our Story
Our Story
Our Story
Our Story
We started with a package of bees installed into a top bar hive in Spring 2014. We did a walk-away split into a langstroth in early summer. Both hives survived the first winter. Spring of 2015 we created 2 nucs, and in the summer we moved into full boxes.
Why
Keeping bees is a ton of fun. Its so neat to watch them make more bees, comb, and honey.
Difficulty
For a backyard beekeeper, it only requires an hour a week. Online communities/forums can answer any questions you have, as can your local beekeeper association. The bees do all the hard work, you just need to not get in their way.
References
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
[[bee log]]
[[buy bees|get your own bees]]
Our Story
Our Story
We started with a package of bees installed into a top bar hive in Spring 2014. We did a walk-away split into a langstroth in early summer. Both hives survived the first winter. Spring of 2015 we created 2 nucs, and in the summer we moved into full boxes.
Why
Keeping bees is a ton of fun. Its so neat to watch them make more bees, comb, and honey.
Difficulty
For a backyard beekeeper, it only requires an hour a week. Online communities/forums can answer any questions you have, as can your local beekeeper association. The bees do all the hard work, you just need to not get in their way.
References
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
[[bee log]]
[[buy bees|get your own bees]]
Our Story
Our Story
We started with a package of bees installed into a top bar hive in Spring 2014. We did a walk-away split into a langstroth in early summer. Both hives survived the first winter. Spring of 2015 we created 2 nucs, and in the summer we moved into full boxes.
References
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
[[bee log]]
[[buy bees|get your own bees]]
We started with a package of bees installed into a top bar hive in Spring 2014. We did a walk-away split into a langstroth in early summer. Both hives survived the first winter. Spring of 2015 we created 2 nucs, and in the summer we moved into full boxes.
References
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
[[bee log]]
[[buy bees|get your own bees]]
We started with a package of bees installed into a top bar hive in Spring 2014. We did a walk-away split into a langstroth in early summer. Both hives survived the first winter. Spring of 2015 we created 2 nucs, and in the summer we moved into full boxes.
References
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
[[bee log]]
[[buy bees|get your own bees]]
We started with a package of bees installed into a top bar hive in Spring 2014. We did a walk-away split into a langstroth in early summer. Both hives survived the first winter. Spring of 2015 we created 2 nucs, and in the summer we moved into full boxes.
References
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
[[bee log]]
[[buy bees|get your own bees]]
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[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
[[bee log]]
[[buy bees|get your own bees]]
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[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
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[[bee log]]
[[buy bees|get your own bees]]
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[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
[[bee log]]
[[buy bees|get your own bees]]
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[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
[[bee log]]
[[buy bees|get your own bees]]
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[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
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2015-07-12
Lanstroth 1
Saw eggs.
Added a medium with start strips between the bottom 2 deeps.
Lanstroth 2
Saw eggs.
Added a medium.
Lanstroth 3
Saw eggs.
Topbar
Saw eggs.
They have a ton of pollen packed away.
2015-07-05
Lanstroth 1
Saw eggs.
Stole a medium frame of honey. It filled a mason jar with a little left over.
The second deep had no brood in in, and was mostly full of nectar.
I think next inspection I will put a medium with frames with starter strips on top of the bottom deep.
2015-07-04
Top bar
Powdered sugar treatment. Saw eggs.
Nucs
Moved the nucs into their own deeps. Saw eggs in both.
2015-06-30
Top bar
Powdered sugar treatment. Saw eggs.
2015-06-27
Left Nuc
Found eggs.
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Found eggs. Took out the last topbar and gave it to one of the nucs.
Top bar
Found eggs. Did another powedered sugar dusting. It was humid, so the sifter kept getting clogged every 2-3 shakes. Brood looks better though.
2015-06-24
Top bar
Powdered sugar dusting. Was a lot of fun. Had a few guard bees check me out, but just for a few seconds each. I wonder if the sugar will make the ant problem any worse.
2015-06-19
Top bar
50 hour might count: 166, which comes out to a 24 hour count of 80.
2015-06-19
Left Nuc
Saw eggs
Saw queen.
Right Nuc
Saw eggs
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Was going to fix the frameless topbar in the bottom box, but the bees got really pissy when I went into the bottom box and I got stung on the arm through my jacket.
Top bar
Saw eggs.
Saw a brood disease. Kind of looks like mummies
Put a sticky board on and counted 58 mites over 24 hours.
Started in the middle of the hive, and heard pipping on the first pair of frames I pulled out.
Saw queen.
2015-06-14
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs. Saw a brood disease, might be EFB.
2015-06-05
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs. Cleaned up double-wide frame.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs and queen, and a ton of pollen.
2015-05-30
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
No eggs, destroyed queen cells. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days and if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
Langstroth
Say destroyed queen cells, no eggs. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
2015-05-22
Nucs
Found uncapped queen cups, and torn down queen cups. I believe both nucs have virgin queens. There should be eggs when we inspect again on the 30th/31st.
Top bar
No capped queen cups. Lots of pollen and brood and bees.
Langstroth
Only went into top box. Took pictures of a full frame of capped honey!
2015-05-15
Top bar
Found eggs and lots of stores of pollen and nectar.
Left Nuc
Built a nuc from frames from the top-bar hive and queen cells from the langstroth.
Langstroth
Found capped queen cells, lots of honey and pollen.
Right Nuc
Built a second nuc from frames from the langstroth with queen cells.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
2015-07-12
Lanstroth 1
Saw eggs.
Added a medium with start strips between the bottom 2 deeps.
Lanstroth 2
Saw eggs.
Added a medium.
Lanstroth 3
Saw eggs.
Topbar
Saw eggs.
They have a ton of pollen packed away.
2015-07-05
Lanstroth 1
Saw eggs.
Stole a medium frame of honey. It filled a mason jar with a little left over.
The second deep had no brood in in, and was mostly full of nectar.
I think next inspection I will put a medium with frames with starter strips on top of the bottom deep.
2015-07-04
Top bar
Powdered sugar treatment. Saw eggs.
Nucs
Moved the nucs into their own deeps. Saw eggs in both.
2015-06-30
Top bar
Powdered sugar treatment. Saw eggs.
2015-06-27
Left Nuc
Found eggs.
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Found eggs. Took out the last topbar and gave it to one of the nucs.
Top bar
Found eggs. Did another powedered sugar dusting. It was humid, so the sifter kept getting clogged every 2-3 shakes. Brood looks better though.
2015-06-24
Top bar
Powdered sugar dusting. Was a lot of fun. Had a few guard bees check me out, but just for a few seconds each. I wonder if the sugar will make the ant problem any worse.
2015-06-19
Top bar
50 hour might count: 166, which comes out to a 24 hour count of 80.
2015-06-19
Left Nuc
Saw eggs
Saw queen.
Right Nuc
Saw eggs
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Was going to fix the frameless topbar in the bottom box, but the bees got really pissy when I went into the bottom box and I got stung on the arm through my jacket.
Top bar
Saw eggs.
Saw a brood disease. Kind of looks like mummies
Put a sticky board on and counted 58 mites over 24 hours.
Started in the middle of the hive, and heard pipping on the first pair of frames I pulled out.
Saw queen.
2015-06-14
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs. Saw a brood disease, might be EFB.
2015-06-05
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs. Cleaned up double-wide frame.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs and queen, and a ton of pollen.
2015-05-30
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
No eggs, destroyed queen cells. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days and if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
Langstroth
Say destroyed queen cells, no eggs. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
2015-05-22
Nucs
Found uncapped queen cups, and torn down queen cups. I believe both nucs have virgin queens. There should be eggs when we inspect again on the 30th/31st.
Top bar
No capped queen cups. Lots of pollen and brood and bees.
Langstroth
Only went into top box. Took pictures of a full frame of capped honey!
2015-05-15
Top bar
Found eggs and lots of stores of pollen and nectar.
Left Nuc
Built a nuc from frames from the top-bar hive and queen cells from the langstroth.
Langstroth
Found capped queen cells, lots of honey and pollen.
Right Nuc
Built a second nuc from frames from the langstroth with queen cells.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
2015-07-05
Lanstroth 1
Saw eggs.
Stole a medium frame of honey. It filled a mason jar with a little left over.
The second deep had no brood in in, and was mostly full of nectar.
I think next inspection I will put a medium with frames with starter strips on top of the bottom deep.
2015-07-04
Top bar
Powdered sugar treatment. Saw eggs.
Nucs
Moved the nucs into their own deeps. Saw eggs in both.
2015-06-30
Top bar
Powdered sugar treatment. Saw eggs.
2015-06-27
Left Nuc
Found eggs.
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Found eggs. Took out the last topbar and gave it to one of the nucs.
Top bar
Found eggs. Did another powedered sugar dusting. It was humid, so the sifter kept getting clogged every 2-3 shakes. Brood looks better though.
2015-06-24
Top bar
Powdered sugar dusting. Was a lot of fun. Had a few guard bees check me out, but just for a few seconds each. I wonder if the sugar will make the ant problem any worse.
2015-06-19
Top bar
50 hour might count: 166, which comes out to a 24 hour count of 80.
2015-06-19
Left Nuc
Saw eggs
Saw queen.
Right Nuc
Saw eggs
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Was going to fix the frameless topbar in the bottom box, but the bees got really pissy when I went into the bottom box and I got stung on the arm through my jacket.
Top bar
Saw eggs.
Saw a brood disease. Kind of looks like mummies
Put a sticky board on and counted 58 mites over 24 hours.
Started in the middle of the hive, and heard pipping on the first pair of frames I pulled out.
Saw queen.
2015-06-14
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs. Saw a brood disease, might be EFB.
2015-06-05
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs. Cleaned up double-wide frame.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs and queen, and a ton of pollen.
2015-05-30
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
No eggs, destroyed queen cells. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days and if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
Langstroth
Say destroyed queen cells, no eggs. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
2015-05-22
Nucs
Found uncapped queen cups, and torn down queen cups. I believe both nucs have virgin queens. There should be eggs when we inspect again on the 30th/31st.
Top bar
No capped queen cups. Lots of pollen and brood and bees.
Langstroth
Only went into top box. Took pictures of a full frame of capped honey!
2015-05-15
Top bar
Found eggs and lots of stores of pollen and nectar.
Left Nuc
Built a nuc from frames from the top-bar hive and queen cells from the langstroth.
Langstroth
Found capped queen cells, lots of honey and pollen.
Right Nuc
Built a second nuc from frames from the langstroth with queen cells.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
2015-06-30
Top bar
Powdered sugar treatment. Saw eggs.
2015-06-27
Left Nuc
Found eggs.
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Found eggs. Took out the last topbar and gave it to one of the nucs.
Top bar
Found eggs. Did another powedered sugar dusting. It was humid, so the sifter kept getting clogged every 2-3 shakes. Brood looks better though.
2015-06-24
Top bar
Powdered sugar dusting. Was a lot of fun. Had a few guard bees check me out, but just for a few seconds each. I wonder if the sugar will make the ant problem any worse.
2015-06-19
Top bar
50 hour might count: 166, which comes out to a 24 hour count of 80.
2015-06-19
Left Nuc
Saw eggs
Saw queen.
Right Nuc
Saw eggs
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Was going to fix the frameless topbar in the bottom box, but the bees got really pissy when I went into the bottom box and I got stung on the arm through my jacket.
Top bar
Saw eggs.
Saw a brood disease. Kind of looks like mummies
Put a sticky board on and counted 58 mites over 24 hours.
Started in the middle of the hive, and heard pipping on the first pair of frames I pulled out.
Saw queen.
2015-06-14
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs. Saw a brood disease, might be EFB.
2015-06-05
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs. Cleaned up double-wide frame.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs and queen, and a ton of pollen.
2015-05-30
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
No eggs, destroyed queen cells. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days and if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
Langstroth
Say destroyed queen cells, no eggs. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
2015-05-22
Nucs
Found uncapped queen cups, and torn down queen cups. I believe both nucs have virgin queens. There should be eggs when we inspect again on the 30th/31st.
Top bar
No capped queen cups. Lots of pollen and brood and bees.
Langstroth
Only went into top box. Took pictures of a full frame of capped honey!
2015-05-15
Top bar
Found eggs and lots of stores of pollen and nectar.
Left Nuc
Built a nuc from frames from the top-bar hive and queen cells from the langstroth.
Langstroth
Found capped queen cells, lots of honey and pollen.
Right Nuc
Built a second nuc from frames from the langstroth with queen cells.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
2015-06-27
Left Nuc
Found eggs.
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Found eggs. Took out the last topbar and gave it to one of the nucs.
Top bar
Found eggs. Did another powedered sugar dusting. It was humid, so the sifter kept getting clogged every 2-3 shakes. Brood looks better though.
2015-06-24
Top bar
Powdered sugar dusting. Was a lot of fun. Had a few guard bees check me out, but just for a few seconds each. I wonder if the sugar will make the ant problem any worse.
2015-06-19
Top bar
50 hour might count: 166, which comes out to a 24 hour count of 80.
2015-06-19
Left Nuc
Saw eggs
Saw queen.
Right Nuc
Saw eggs
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Was going to fix the frameless topbar in the bottom box, but the bees got really pissy when I went into the bottom box and I got stung on the arm through my jacket.
Top bar
Saw eggs.
Saw a brood disease. Kind of looks like mummies
Put a sticky board on and counted 58 mites over 24 hours.
Started in the middle of the hive, and heard pipping on the first pair of frames I pulled out.
Saw queen.
2015-06-14
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs. Saw a brood disease, might be EFB.
2015-06-05
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs. Cleaned up double-wide frame.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs and queen, and a ton of pollen.
2015-05-30
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
No eggs, destroyed queen cells. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days and if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
Langstroth
Say destroyed queen cells, no eggs. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
2015-05-22
Nucs
Found uncapped queen cups, and torn down queen cups. I believe both nucs have virgin queens. There should be eggs when we inspect again on the 30th/31st.
Top bar
No capped queen cups. Lots of pollen and brood and bees.
Langstroth
Only went into top box. Took pictures of a full frame of capped honey!
2015-05-15
Top bar
Found eggs and lots of stores of pollen and nectar.
Left Nuc
Built a nuc from frames from the top-bar hive and queen cells from the langstroth.
Langstroth
Found capped queen cells, lots of honey and pollen.
Right Nuc
Built a second nuc from frames from the langstroth with queen cells.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
2015-06-24
Top bar
Powdered sugar dusting. Was a lot of fun. Had a few guard bees check me out, but just for a few seconds each. I wonder if the sugar will make the ant problem any worse.
2015-06-19
Top bar
50 hour might count: 166, which comes out to a 24 hour count of 80.
2015-06-19
Left Nuc
Saw eggs
Saw queen.
Right Nuc
Saw eggs
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Was going to fix the frameless topbar in the bottom box, but the bees got really pissy when I went into the bottom box and I got stung on the arm through my jacket.
Top bar
Saw eggs.
Saw a brood disease. Kind of looks like mummies
Put a sticky board on and counted 58 mites over 24 hours.
Started in the middle of the hive, and heard pipping on the first pair of frames I pulled out.
Saw queen.
2015-06-14
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs. Saw a brood disease, might be EFB.
2015-06-05
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs. Cleaned up double-wide frame.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs and queen, and a ton of pollen.
2015-05-30
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
No eggs, destroyed queen cells. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days and if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
Langstroth
Say destroyed queen cells, no eggs. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
2015-05-22
Nucs
Found uncapped queen cups, and torn down queen cups. I believe both nucs have virgin queens. There should be eggs when we inspect again on the 30th/31st.
Top bar
No capped queen cups. Lots of pollen and brood and bees.
Langstroth
Only went into top box. Took pictures of a full frame of capped honey!
2015-05-15
Top bar
Found eggs and lots of stores of pollen and nectar.
Left Nuc
Built a nuc from frames from the top-bar hive and queen cells from the langstroth.
Langstroth
Found capped queen cells, lots of honey and pollen.
Right Nuc
Built a second nuc from frames from the langstroth with queen cells.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
beekeeping subreddit
2015-06-24
Top bar
Powdered sugar dusting. Was a lot of fun. Had a few guard bees check me out, but just for a few seconds each. I wonder if the sugar will make the ant problem any worse.
2015-06-19
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50 hour might count: 166, which comes out to a 24 hour count of 80.
2015-06-19
Left Nuc
Saw eggs
Saw queen.
Right Nuc
Saw eggs
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Was going to fix the frameless topbar in the bottom box, but the bees got really pissy when I went into the bottom box and I got stung on the arm through my jacket.
Top bar
Saw eggs.
Saw a brood disease. Kind of looks like mummies
Put a sticky board on and counted 58 mites over 24 hours.
Started in the middle of the hive, and heard pipping on the first pair of frames I pulled out.
Saw queen.
2015-06-14
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs. Saw a brood disease, might be EFB.
2015-06-05
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs. Cleaned up double-wide frame.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs and queen, and a ton of pollen.
2015-05-30
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
No eggs, destroyed queen cells. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days and if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
Langstroth
Say destroyed queen cells, no eggs. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
2015-05-22
Nucs
Found uncapped queen cups, and torn down queen cups. I believe both nucs have virgin queens. There should be eggs when we inspect again on the 30th/31st.
Top bar
No capped queen cups. Lots of pollen and brood and bees.
Langstroth
Only went into top box. Took pictures of a full frame of capped honey!
2015-05-15
Top bar
Found eggs and lots of stores of pollen and nectar.
Left Nuc
Built a nuc from frames from the top-bar hive and queen cells from the langstroth.
Langstroth
Found capped queen cells, lots of honey and pollen.
Right Nuc
Built a second nuc from frames from the langstroth with queen cells.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
2015-06-24
Top bar
Powdered sugar dusting. Was a lot of fun. Had a few guard bees check me out, but just for a few seconds each. I wonder if the sugar will make the ant problem any worse.
2015-06-19
Top bar
50 hour might count: 166, which comes out to a 24 hour count of 80.
2015-06-19
Left Nuc
Saw eggs
Saw queen.
Right Nuc
Saw eggs
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Was going to fix the frameless topbar in the bottom box, but the bees got really pissy when I went into the bottom box and I got stung on the arm through my jacket.
Top bar
Saw eggs.
Saw a brood disease. Kind of looks like mummies
Put a sticky board on and counted 58 mites over 24 hours.
Started in the middle of the hive, and heard pipping on the first pair of frames I pulled out.
Saw queen.
2015-06-14
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs. Saw a brood disease, might be EFB.
2015-06-05
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs. Cleaned up double-wide frame.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs and queen, and a ton of pollen.
2015-05-30
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
No eggs, destroyed queen cells. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days and if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
Langstroth
Say destroyed queen cells, no eggs. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
2015-05-22
Nucs
Found uncapped queen cups, and torn down queen cups. I believe both nucs have virgin queens. There should be eggs when we inspect again on the 30th/31st.
Top bar
No capped queen cups. Lots of pollen and brood and bees.
Langstroth
Only went into top box. Took pictures of a full frame of capped honey!
2015-05-15
Top bar
Found eggs and lots of stores of pollen and nectar.
Left Nuc
Built a nuc from frames from the top-bar hive and queen cells from the langstroth.
Langstroth
Found capped queen cells, lots of honey and pollen.
Right Nuc
Built a second nuc from frames from the langstroth with queen cells.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
2015-06-19
Top bar
50 hour might count: 166, which comes out to a 24 hour count of 80.
2015-06-19
Left Nuc
Saw eggs
Saw queen.
Right Nuc
Saw eggs
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Was going to fix the frameless topbar in the bottom box, but the bees got really pissy when I went into the bottom box and I got stung on the arm through my jacket.
Top bar
Saw eggs.
Saw a brood disease. Kind of looks like mummies
Put a sticky board on and counted 58 mites over 24 hours.
Started in the middle of the hive, and heard pipping on the first pair of frames I pulled out.
Saw queen.
2015-06-14
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs. Saw a brood disease, might be EFB.
2015-06-05
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs. Cleaned up double-wide frame.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs and queen, and a ton of pollen.
2015-05-30
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
No eggs, destroyed queen cells. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days and if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
Langstroth
Say destroyed queen cells, no eggs. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
2015-05-22
Nucs
Found uncapped queen cups, and torn down queen cups. I believe both nucs have virgin queens. There should be eggs when we inspect again on the 30th/31st.
Top bar
No capped queen cups. Lots of pollen and brood and bees.
Langstroth
Only went into top box. Took pictures of a full frame of capped honey!
2015-05-15
Top bar
Found eggs and lots of stores of pollen and nectar.
Left Nuc
Built a nuc from frames from the top-bar hive and queen cells from the langstroth.
Langstroth
Found capped queen cells, lots of honey and pollen.
Right Nuc
Built a second nuc from frames from the langstroth with queen cells.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
2015-06-19
Left Nuc
Saw eggs
Saw queen.
Right Nuc
Saw eggs
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Was going to fix the frameless topbar in the bottom box, but the bees got really pissy when I went into the bottom box and I got stung on the arm through my jacket.
Top bar
Saw eggs.
Saw a brood disease. Kind of looks like mummies
Put a sticky board on and counted 58 mites over 24 hours.
Started in the middle of the hive, and heard pipping on the first pair of frames I pulled out.
Saw queen.
2015-06-14
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs. Saw a brood disease, might be EFB.
2015-06-05
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs. Cleaned up double-wide frame.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs and queen, and a ton of pollen.
2015-05-30
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
No eggs, destroyed queen cells. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days and if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
Langstroth
Say destroyed queen cells, no eggs. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
2015-05-22
Nucs
Found uncapped queen cups, and torn down queen cups. I believe both nucs have virgin queens. There should be eggs when we inspect again on the 30th/31st.
Top bar
No capped queen cups. Lots of pollen and brood and bees.
Langstroth
Only went into top box. Took pictures of a full frame of capped honey!
2015-05-15
Top bar
Found eggs and lots of stores of pollen and nectar.
Left Nuc
Built a nuc from frames from the top-bar hive and queen cells from the langstroth.
Langstroth
Found capped queen cells, lots of honey and pollen.
Right Nuc
Built a second nuc from frames from the langstroth with queen cells.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
2015-06-19
Left Nuc
Saw eggs
Saw queen.
Right Nuc
Saw eggs
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Was going to fix the frameless topbar in the bottom box, but the bees got really pissy when I went into the bottom box and I got stung on the arm through my jacket.
Top bar
Saw eggs.
Saw a brood disease. Kind of looks like mummies
Put a sticky board on and counted 58 mites over 24 hours.
Started in the middle of the hive, and heard pipping on the first pair of frames I pulled out.
Saw queen.
2015-06-14
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs. Saw a brood disease, might be EFB.
2015-06-05
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs. Cleaned up double-wide frame.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs and queen, and a ton of pollen.
2015-05-30
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
No eggs, destroyed queen cells. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days and if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
Langstroth
Say destroyed queen cells, no eggs. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
2015-05-22
Nucs
Found uncapped queen cups, and torn down queen cups. I believe both nucs have virgin queens. There should be eggs when we inspect again on the 30th/31st.
Top bar
No capped queen cups. Lots of pollen and brood and bees.
Langstroth
Only went into top box. Took pictures of a full frame of capped honey!
2015-05-15
Top bar
Found eggs and lots of stores of pollen and nectar.
Left Nuc
Built a nuc from frames from the top-bar hive and queen cells from the langstroth.
Langstroth
Found capped queen cells, lots of honey and pollen.
Right Nuc
Built a second nuc from frames from the langstroth with queen cells.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
2015-06-19
Left Nuc
Saw eggs
Saw queen.
Right Nuc
Saw eggs
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Was going to fix the frameless topbar in the bottom box, but the bees got really pissy when I went into the bottom box and I got stung on the arm through my jacket.
Top bar
Saw eggs.
Saw a brood disease. Kind of looks like mummies
Put a sticky board on and counted 58 mites over 24 hours.
Started in the middle of the hive, and heard pipping on the first pair of frames I pulled out.
Saw queen.
2015-06-14
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs. Saw a brood disease, might be EFB.
2015-06-05
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs. Cleaned up double-wide frame.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs and queen, and a ton of pollen.
2015-05-30
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
No eggs, destroyed queen cells. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days and if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
Langstroth
Say destroyed queen cells, no eggs. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
2015-05-22
Nucs
Found uncapped queen cups, and torn down queen cups. I believe both nucs have virgin queens. There should be eggs when we inspect again on the 30th/31st.
Top bar
No capped queen cups. Lots of pollen and brood and bees.
Langstroth
Only went into top box. Took pictures of a full frame of capped honey!
2015-05-15
Top bar
Found eggs and lots of stores of pollen and nectar.
Left Nuc
Built a nuc from frames from the top-bar hive and queen cells from the langstroth.
Langstroth
Found capped queen cells, lots of honey and pollen.
Right Nuc
Built a second nuc from frames from the langstroth with queen cells.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
2015-06-19
Left Nuc
Saw eggs
Right Nuc
Saw eggs
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Was going to fix the frameless topbar in the bottom box, but the bees got really pissy when I went into the bottom box and I got stung on the arm through my jacket.
Top bar
Saw eggs.
Saw a brood disease. Kind of looks like mummies
Put a sticky board on and counted 58 mites over 24 hours.
Started in the middle of the hive, and heard pipping on the first pair of frames I pulled out.
Saw queen.
2015-06-14
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs. Saw a brood disease, might be EFB.
2015-06-05
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs. Cleaned up double-wide frame.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs and queen, and a ton of pollen.
2015-05-30
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
No eggs, destroyed queen cells. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days and if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
Langstroth
Say destroyed queen cells, no eggs. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
2015-05-22
Nucs
Found uncapped queen cups, and torn down queen cups. I believe both nucs have virgin queens. There should be eggs when we inspect again on the 30th/31st.
Top bar
No capped queen cups. Lots of pollen and brood and bees.
Langstroth
Only went into top box. Took pictures of a full frame of capped honey!
2015-05-15
Top bar
Found eggs and lots of stores of pollen and nectar.
Left Nuc
Built a nuc from frames from the top-bar hive and queen cells from the langstroth.
Langstroth
Found capped queen cells, lots of honey and pollen.
Right Nuc
Built a second nuc from frames from the langstroth with queen cells.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
2015-06-19
Left Nuc
Saw eggs
Right Nuc
Saw eggs
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Was going to fix the frameless topbar in the bottom box, but the bees got really pissy when I went into the bottom box and I got stung on the arm through my jacket.
Top bar
Saw eggs.
Saw a brood disease. Kind of looks like mummies
Put a sticky board on and counted 58 mites over 24 hours.
Started in the middle of the hive, and heard pipping on the first pair of frames I pulled out.
Saw queen.
2015-06-14
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs. Saw a brood disease, might be EFB.
2015-06-05
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs. Cleaned up double-wide frame.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs and queen, and a ton of pollen.
2015-05-30
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
No eggs, destroyed queen cells. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days and if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
Langstroth
Say destroyed queen cells, no eggs. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
2015-05-22
Nucs
Found uncapped queen cups, and torn down queen cups. I believe both nucs have virgin queens. There should be eggs when we inspect again on the 30th/31st.
Top bar
No capped queen cups. Lots of pollen and brood and bees.
Langstroth
Only went into top box. Took pictures of a full frame of capped honey!
2015-05-15
Top bar
Found eggs and lots of stores of pollen and nectar.
Left Nuc
Built a nuc from frames from the top-bar hive and queen cells from the langstroth.
Langstroth
Found capped queen cells, lots of honey and pollen.
Right Nuc
Built a second nuc from frames from the langstroth with queen cells.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
2015-06-14
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs. Saw a brood disease, might be EFB.
2015-06-05
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs. Cleaned up double-wide frame.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs and queen, and a ton of pollen.
2015-05-30
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
No eggs, destroyed queen cells. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days and if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
Langstroth
Say destroyed queen cells, no eggs. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
2015-05-22
Nucs
Found uncapped queen cups, and torn down queen cups. I believe both nucs have virgin queens. There should be eggs when we inspect again on the 30th/31st.
Top bar
No capped queen cups. Lots of pollen and brood and bees.
Langstroth
Only went into top box. Took pictures of a full frame of capped honey!
2015-05-15
Top bar
Found eggs and lots of stores of pollen and nectar.
Left Nuc
Built a nuc from frames from the top-bar hive and queen cells from the langstroth.
Langstroth
Found capped queen cells, lots of honey and pollen.
Right Nuc
Built a second nuc from frames from the langstroth with queen cells.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
2015-06-05
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
Found eggs. Cleaned up double-wide frame.
Langstroth
Saw eggs.
Top bar
Saw eggs and queen, and a ton of pollen.
2015-05-30
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
No eggs, destroyed queen cells. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days and if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
Langstroth
Say destroyed queen cells, no eggs. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
2015-05-22
Nucs
Found uncapped queen cups, and torn down queen cups. I believe both nucs have virgin queens. There should be eggs when we inspect again on the 30th/31st.
Top bar
No capped queen cups. Lots of pollen and brood and bees.
Langstroth
Only went into top box. Took pictures of a full frame of capped honey!
2015-05-15
Top bar
Found eggs and lots of stores of pollen and nectar.
Left Nuc
Built a nuc from frames from the top-bar hive and queen cells from the langstroth.
Langstroth
Found capped queen cells, lots of honey and pollen.
Right Nuc
Built a second nuc from frames from the langstroth with queen cells.
[[Estimation of bees and brood on a deep frame]]
2015-05-30
Left Nuc
Found eggs
Right Nuc
No eggs, destroyed queen cells. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days and if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
Langstroth
Say destroyed queen cells, no eggs. There may be a virgin queen. Need to check again in a couple days if still no eggs, need to give eggs.
2015-05-22
Nucs
Found uncapped queen cups, and torn down queen cups. I believe both nucs have virgin queens. There should be eggs when we inspect again on the 30th/31st.
Top bar
No capped queen cups. Lots of pollen and brood and bees.
Langstroth
Only went into top box. Took pictures of a full frame of capped honey!
2015-05-15
Top bar
Found eggs and lots of stores of pollen and nectar.
Left Nuc
Built a nuc from frames from the top-bar hive and queen cells from the langstroth.
Langstroth
Found capped queen cells, lots of honey and pollen.
Right Nuc
Built a second nuc from frames from the langstroth with queen cells.