From the 29th of May to the 14th of June we were on vacation. It was interesting, fun, challenging, beautiful, relaxing, energizing, educational, thought provoking, and deeply satisfying. I've posted on facebook some of the many pictures we took but here is one that deserves it's own post.William DeMille let me tag along and help out with his bees. It was great fun and I learned a lot; specifically I learned why my brother Seth and I weren't successful at bee keeping as teens.
You have to open hives about once every two or three weeks and rotate the frames, check egg production including queen cells, honey stores, and if there is a good balance of drones and workers. You can actually shift frames along with population, eggs, honey and all to help strengthen a weak or struggling hive!
William also showed me a honey tree that he hived a swarm out of last year. He keeps watching in hopes of getting another swarm because the one he took last year is thriving.
