Tag: combining hives
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Beekeeping Update: 2/22/23, 2/28/23
Checking for food, babies, and that elusive queen 2/22/23: Weather: Temp 65 degrees and sunny. Fully inspected hive. Didn’t use my smoker today after starting the small fire two weeks ago.🙄 There are 4 frames of brood, up from 2 last week. The girls are bringing in pollen like crazy. Some of the water foragers…
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Beekeeping Update: 2/6/23, 2/8/23
One is Better Than Two—The Newspaper Method of Combining Hives 2/6/23: Weather: Temp 62 degrees and sunny. Fully inspected hive. The Plan Bee hive is doing very well. The nucleus of bees that includes the queen has moved into the lower box to prepare for spring. There is a frame of brood, so they are…