It’s been busy in the bee yards. I began the season by assisting in a bee equipment auction. On the way home, I inspected, and then split, a hive. This means that I had one hive upon arrival, then after I looked inside of it, I saw so many bees that I decided to split, or divide, the…
On March 8, 2017, I got my first swarm call of the year. After looking at my records, that is about 1 1/2 months earlier than past years. I titled this blog post to give you an idea of 2016. Those numbers are just from me. I know that many other beekeepers get many more swarm calls. A…
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about a bee tree. I visited it yesterday and gave a full inspection. Here is a comparison of one frame, the front of it in May and its back in June: I was glad to see that the bees have filled in some of the edges between the frame and original…
A highway expansion and relocation caused the homeowner to learn that… this tree was a bee tree. It was so large that the roots had to be excavated and the tree knocked over. I still couldn’t reach the bees, so we had the trunk cut and then twisted off until it fell to the ground. I then had…