For the first time ever I was able to get a photo of our queen. Actually, she’s our second queen. The first wore out after 4 years and the colony didn’t survive. The current queen moved into the hive with a few thousand of her…
It took all of five years for my bees to find our hummingbird feeder and they are making quick work of the sugar water inside. In just 1/2 day they’ve “stolen” 1/2 cup.
Well, not my house, but their house. I’ve had a beehive in my backyard for the past 4 years and have posted photos of it before. Sadly, it didn’t make it through the winter. At least not in good enough shape to come back…
With the warmer-than-usual temps, I was able to peek into my beehive one last time and check on the girls (they kicked out all the boys/drones out weeks ago) . I was hoping to see if the pesticide strips had gotten rid of the mites…
