Two more gallons, one for the Salomium, and one for the new Benedictium. Their previous buckets were empty.
I managed to not get stung, despite not using smoke again.
Saturday, April 18, 2020
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Update, feedings and Two Stings
Last Autumn I vaporized oxalic acid in the Salomium. The Benedictium didn't make it out of the Spring.
March 8, I finally put a gallon of sugar water in the Salomium. The following Sunday I saw pollen going into the hive.
Sunday the 29th, the diocese went on lock down due COVID-19. The apiariuli, apriaria, and I celebrated a dry mass.
March 29, I put another gallon on the Salomium.
April 5, Palm Sunday, I picked up a package of bees with a marked (blue) queen from Dale Thompson at Joe's Country Barn Farm. I installed them in the Benedictium and put on a gallon of feed. That brings my tally of feed for the season up to 3 gallons.
While installing the package I got stung.
I went out today to check on the Benedictium and remove burr comb. I didn't use smoke. The queen had made it out, so I put the inner cover on and put the feeder (half empty already!) in the attic. I picked up another sting and left early.
There is a gap in the Benedictium which needs a deep frame. Maybe I'll get to it tomorrow, or maybe I let them fill it with burr comb.
Status: Benetictium, one deep and an attic. Salomium: two deeps and an attic.
March 8, I finally put a gallon of sugar water in the Salomium. The following Sunday I saw pollen going into the hive.
Sunday the 29th, the diocese went on lock down due COVID-19. The apiariuli, apriaria, and I celebrated a dry mass.
March 29, I put another gallon on the Salomium.
April 5, Palm Sunday, I picked up a package of bees with a marked (blue) queen from Dale Thompson at Joe's Country Barn Farm. I installed them in the Benedictium and put on a gallon of feed. That brings my tally of feed for the season up to 3 gallons.
While installing the package I got stung.
I went out today to check on the Benedictium and remove burr comb. I didn't use smoke. The queen had made it out, so I put the inner cover on and put the feeder (half empty already!) in the attic. I picked up another sting and left early.
There is a gap in the Benedictium which needs a deep frame. Maybe I'll get to it tomorrow, or maybe I let them fill it with burr comb.
Status: Benetictium, one deep and an attic. Salomium: two deeps and an attic.
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