What a month! The bamboo honey flow should be starting any day now.
The first week of August, I put feed on the hives, and got stung.
The second week of August, I fired up the smoker, suited up and went to take the feeder off the Josephium and put in MAQS, and got chased away with multiple stings. I went back wearing bee pants (which I had never worn before) and leather gloves, and got chased away again with more stings in my hand and arm.
I taped up the gloves and went back and, finally, mission accomplished.
I ordered some real beekeeper gloves from Country Barn Farm and picked them up last week.
Today I went out with full armor and a fully fueled smoker. I put a super on the Josephium and took out its bottom board. I put bottom boards and MAQS on the Salomium and the Benedictium. The Salomium's super was HEAVY! I added another pink super to it. I added a super to the Benedictium as well. Here's to an autumn harvest.
I retired with no new stings.
