jbeerutcher

Marking the queen...but where did she go!!

Marking a nice big 2023 queen from our OTS

Marking another 2023 queen. This hive is rocking!

Caught a virgin queen cast off swarm. Came back later and marked the queen.

This is the swarm we caught and shook into the box. It looked like a virgin queen, but she mated now. Let's mark her!

May 6, 2023 - Making room for the barn. They old shed has to go. One man - One Shed - One Ram Beast

In honor of Uncle Jerry, it's time to put out the Jerry Ramps and give the honey bees a little boast.

We caught a small swarm, that is probably a virgin queen / cast off swarm. Last week when I removed queens they made extra queen cells, so the extra virgins sometimes create or cause these cast off swarms. It's much easier when they gather up close to the ground, LOL

Making room for where the barn is going to go. These trees have to go. April 22, 2023

Putting the nucs into nuc boxes. Shaking in bees from a queenless hive.

The good idea worked and the queen was marked (made it much easier). Caution again, queen dispatched.

Got a good idea, wish I'd have thought of it sooner...

CAUTION - If you don't want to see a queen get smashed don't watch this one.

This might be the hive that swarmed.

Found a queen for the second nuc.

Making this caught swarm into a nuc.

Caught our swarm, using it for a nuc.

New Wagon from Harbor Freight and it rocks!

Pulling off all the honey supers and getting the bees into their winter configuration. We'll feed back any honey that's not ready for extraction. Then it's treat for varroa mites.

It's fall and the hives are packed with bees and honey. Let's see if they have enough room for the fall flow and aren't honey bound.

Just adding a honey super to make sure there is room for the fall flow.