Well, I released the queens without a problem. (well, I have not checked them again yet.)
It was pretty quick, took me about 10 minutes to put my suit on, and release the queens and get out of there.
The first hive was pretty gentle, I did not use smoke on either one. The second hive was […]
Hiving Two Packages I got two packages today from Tim Bueler down in Snohomish. They are both Italian bees and queens.I brought them down at about 7:00pm to the spot at the farm where I am putting them. I sprayed them two separate times with Sucrocide to kill any mites that might be on them. […]
Well, I checked my hives for the first time this year. Two dead and one 5 frames of bees with 5 frames of eggs and brood. The two dead hives (well, they are not totally dead) One has about 200 bees in it, no queen, the bees are just huddled. […]
