Month: March 2021

As Spring starts to show we are busy painting the wooden hive, raking the slate in the apiary, and preparing to catch a swarm. Asian hornet traps will be in position soon. Because we had intended splitting our strong colony, in the wooden hive, a new Poly hive was brought. This hive, like our other… Continue reading A sad Honeybeekeeper in 2021

We noticed just after Christmas that there was very little activity from the main colony. Further observation indicated that there were no dead bees being put outside the hive. On a rare sunny day, the roof and crown board were lifted and a torch shone into the frames in the super down to the brood… Continue reading Honeybees are dead

After the loss of our strong colony in December daily checks were made on the swarm hive. On a weekly basis, the fondant in the crown board was checked and changed; if empty. Because of the loss of our strong colony monitoring consisted of at least observation of the hive both in the morning and… Continue reading Honeybees are dead in the second hive.