About a week after the previous post, we wanted to check in again on them and see what they’re up to. This time Christina was feeling up to pulling out frames. By now, we’d given up on the protective gear. Actually, I don’t think Christina ever wore it. The upper boxes didn’t have a lot …
Well, a couple weeks had passed, so we decided to take another peak and see what they were up to, and the first thing we saw was honey! It may not look like it, but that white patch in the corner is actually honey capped over by wax. They only cap it when it’s been …
Well, we didn’t end up waiting the 2 weeks. We were going camping the next weekend and wouldn’t have a chance again for a while, so s week later seemed like the perfect day, and the hive seemed to be pretty happy and secure, so we decided to risk it. We had ordered a couple …
When the bees first moved in, they moved into a stack of boxes sitting on a kid’s plastic play table. Not exactly the standard setup. The day after they moved in, I managed to wedge some boards underneath the bottom of the hive at the sides and back to give them a front entrance, then …
This spring, we got our hands on a bunch of beekeeping equipment (thanks Sophie!). So, I set up swarm traps (small empty hives) around the yard in a few different configurations in the hopes of luring in a swarm. Once I had four empty hives around the yard, I stacked up all the remaining boxes …
