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.
Monday, August 27, 2018
Mite drop
It is in the high eighties today, and they it it will reach ninety tomorrow. So much for our cool spell.
In light of this, I took out the bottom boards. There were loads of dead mights, one live hive beetle, and plenty more wriggly little live larvae of an unknown species. Clearly the MAQS were doing something.
The Japanese knotweed (a.k.a. bamboo) is in full flower, and the bees are busy.
In light of this, I took out the bottom boards. There were loads of dead mights, one live hive beetle, and plenty more wriggly little live larvae of an unknown species. Clearly the MAQS were doing something.
The Japanese knotweed (a.k.a. bamboo) is in full flower, and the bees are busy.
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
More food and MAQS
Last Wednesday I put on another gallon of syrup on each hive. Over vacation, the bees had drained their previous gallons.
Today I put on MAQS; the weather should stay between 50 and 90 degrees for the coming week. I took off the feeder pails: the Benedictium had about a quart left in it, and the Salomium was sucked dry. The bamboo is in bloom, so I'm surprised that the bees are so thirsty.
The Benedictium still has some undrawn frames in its upper deep. The Salomium has undrawn frames in both deeps. I doubt I'll super any mediums any time soon.
We saw pollen going in both hives over the weekend.
Today I put on MAQS; the weather should stay between 50 and 90 degrees for the coming week. I took off the feeder pails: the Benedictium had about a quart left in it, and the Salomium was sucked dry. The bamboo is in bloom, so I'm surprised that the bees are so thirsty.
The Benedictium still has some undrawn frames in its upper deep. The Salomium has undrawn frames in both deeps. I doubt I'll super any mediums any time soon.
We saw pollen going in both hives over the weekend.
Monday, August 6, 2018
Thursday, July 26, 2018
More food
So I put four more pounds on each hive.
The Salomium had a very little bit left from last week.
The Salomium had a very little bit left from last week.
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Hive inspection and Feed
I opened up both hives today. In the Salomium I saw EGGS! So the Salomium looks good. I also saw plenty of capped honey.
In the Benedictium I saw plenty of larvae, so my non-observance of pollen in previous notes seems softened.
But I saw no eggs. And I saw no capped honey.
Both feeder pails were empty. Perhaps the Benedictium stopped laying because they were dry.
Anyway, I putt four more pounds of sugar on each hive.
In the Benedictium I saw plenty of larvae, so my non-observance of pollen in previous notes seems softened.
But I saw no eggs. And I saw no capped honey.
Both feeder pails were empty. Perhaps the Benedictium stopped laying because they were dry.
Anyway, I putt four more pounds of sugar on each hive.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)