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.


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