Honey Bees
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Merle Hawggard
5 year old buck +
fishin coyote
5 year old buck +
Just about to sit down to dinner when my wife stepped out on the deck to grab to chase the chickens out of her flowers. Instead of yelling at them she yelled to me swarm. So we headed up to the hives with me in bare feet and sure enough swarm #4 was in the process of landing on a stack of empty boxes. This stack was just 3 boxes sitting on top of another set of boxes with no real entrance so I grabbed her flip flops and stuck a stick in between the lid and the box. They started marching in so we went back to our dinner.
Took this picture about 1/2 hour later. I think the bees wanted to go into the lower boxes as there was a hole in the upper box they were going in and out of before going to the top boxes. I’ll let them settle a couple of days and then hive them proper
Took this picture about 1/2 hour later. I think the bees wanted to go into the lower boxes as there was a hole in the upper box they were going in and out of before going to the top boxes. I’ll let them settle a couple of days and then hive them proper
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H20fwler
5 year old buck +
Was just out checking the bees and was videotaping the hives to send to the kids to show them how good the honey is coming along and Darcy flushes a turkey right there.
And I got it on tape! That never happens for me to be right place right time.
I was pretty sure she came off a nest…but no. Six poults about twice the size of quail so got Darcy out of there fast and let them have the area back.
And I got it on tape! That never happens for me to be right place right time.
I was pretty sure she came off a nest…but no. Six poults about twice the size of quail so got Darcy out of there fast and let them have the area back.
fishin coyote
5 year old buck +
Was sitting in the clubhouse at my archery club shooting the bull when one of the guys said look at all them bugs outside. I looked out, said that’s a swarm. Luckily for me I had a swarm trap attached to a pole in the clubs yard and that’s where they went. So a half dozen guys and I got to watch them move in. Swarm #5 and the 2nd from this spot.
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fishin coyote
5 year old buck +
Anyone getting spring honey? My winter surviving hive has been going bonkers (6 boxes high)even after splitting it in early May. 1 1/2 weeks ago it had 2 capped medium supers so I gave them another empty box to keep them busy until I could pull the full boxes. I pulled the full ones on Monday and they already had the empty filled so I gave them another. I’m going to need a ladder by the time goldenrod is finished this fall. Heres the first 50lb of the 2021 season and I have another 30-40 to bottle tomorrow.
Hope everyone else are having a productive year
Hope everyone else are having a productive year
Troubles Trees
5 year old buck +
I only had one hive and it died over the winter unfortunately so I had to buy a new Nuc this spring.
I am a noob with this stuff so I have no idea what killed them but I can tell you I had 3 swarms from my hive last year, so I bought a new set of boxes last summer with 2 supers hoping to catch this springs swarms and I think I jinxed myself there lol
I am a noob with this stuff so I have no idea what killed them but I can tell you I had 3 swarms from my hive last year, so I bought a new set of boxes last summer with 2 supers hoping to catch this springs swarms and I think I jinxed myself there lol
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
I will probably pull our honey in the next week or two. Last time I checked it was mostly uncapped, and we have had high humidity for awhile. Think our harvest will be down considerably this year.
I pulled some supers last week and bottled 378 lbs. I could have been more but we split our over wintered hives pretty hard in the spring. My buckwheat is bloomed really good so I'm hoping they will still have a trickle of nectar coming in until the goldenrod bloom.
rocksnstumps
5 year old buck +
Ran across this recently and don't know if this has been posted before but Ohio State is holding a bunch of bee webinars this summer and into Nov. They have recordings of the ones already past the date and the topics for future ones here
https://u.osu.edu/beecourse/recordings/
https://u.osu.edu/beecourse/recordings/
Merle Hawggard
5 year old buck +
Finally finished. Had hive beetles in 2 hives though.
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TreeDaddy
5 year old buck +
Speaking of pests.......
I caught ( and hived ) 5 swarms this year
I lost 2 of the weaker ones to wax moths
the destruction was nasty,rapid , and complete in swarms that were hived ~ 3 weeks ago
I had added a super on top of each hive ......probably an error as probably not enough guards to protect the fort
bill
I caught ( and hived ) 5 swarms this year
I lost 2 of the weaker ones to wax moths
the destruction was nasty,rapid , and complete in swarms that were hived ~ 3 weeks ago
I had added a super on top of each hive ......probably an error as probably not enough guards to protect the fort
bill
I have been busy with trying to get food plots in the last couple of weekends, but I noticed diminished activity in one of my hives. When I inspected the hive this morning I found they are queen less. There is no brood or eggs anywhere in the hive, I did find one attempt at a queen cell that is empty. I have two strong hives that I can pull resources from, eggs and brood. Or I can buy a new queen, (saskatraz). I have no experience at requeening a hive, any advice? My four hives are all russian stock if that matters.
fishin coyote
5 year old buck +
If you can give them a frame of eggs/day old brood do it as quickly as possible. Not a whole lot of time left in the season to raise a new queen
