M & R visit the bees
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M & R
Posted in Hive check, Uncategorized on March 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Up and down
Posted in Hive check on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So while South2 is doing very well, South1′s self-raised queen has disappeared without being productive. Once I consult with Helen, I’m going to order a replacement queen and see if we can’t salvage the hive. We’ll see. The hives Helen has at her house–our splits–are doing well, and they should be back on the rooftop [...]
Splitting and checking
Posted in Hive check, Preparations, Uncategorized, tagged Hive check, urban beekeeping on May 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Did a quick check of the two hives on the restaurant roof early this afternoon. Helen still has the smoker, so I suited up and checked them without it. Not always advisable! But although they were a little annoyed, no bees stung me. To distinguish among the hives this year, as we will soon have [...]
Honey Party!
Posted in extraction, Hive check, Late season, Uncategorized, tagged beekeeping, Hive check, honey extraction, honey harvest on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Helen and I getting bees off a frame of honey Just a quick note, as I have some book work to do tonight before I turn in. I did a quick check yesterday and the bees apparently got scared after I put the second super above the bee escape on Tuesday. There were still a [...]
Visits
Posted in Hive check, Musings on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sept. 24, Sept. 20 So we’re getting ready to harvest the honey, which means that last week I went up to the hive one morning before work and reversed the supers, putting the bottom one on top. Then I took the inner cover and insert a bee escape. A picture of of this process is [...]
Late August, early September
Posted in Hive check, tagged hive health, honey, honey harvest, queens, supers on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sept. 7 Not much time to say much, but things are going well. We haven’t seen the queen in either hive, but the queens in both are laying well. Checked them today on my own, a very Zen feeling, just me and the bees. North’s got one full, almost entirely capped super, and is almost [...]
Bees, bees–and thankfully, more bees
Posted in Hive check, tagged beekeeping, Hive check, urban beekeeping on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been too long since I posted, but I’m busy on my big writing project. Suffice it to say that since Ann and I came back from vacation, we’ve had a couple nail-biting weeks with South, and continued burgeoning success with North. I checked the hives quickly the week of July 27 and on Aug. [...]
News, bad news
Posted in Hive check, Preparations on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A short note…My fears about the South hive really have gotten to a critical point. After consulting with a couple beekeepers I’ve been in touch with, including Larry Krengel, who teaches a class via McHenry County College that I flitted into briefly this spring, I’ve concluded that all this lack of activity in South is [...]
Bees ahead, me behind; first taste of honey
Posted in Hive check, tagged beekeeping, burr comb, hive strength, honey, honwy on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
June 7, June 14 Well! Sorry to be away from the blog for a couple weeks. Will update now quickly and add to this when I have time later in the week. They are doing well, it appears. Just to update quickly. One June 8, Helen and I added the second hive body on North, [...]
Bees, bees, bees
Posted in Hive check on May 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
May 25 The queens in both hives have been busy. More on that in a bit. The weather looked uncooperative again today. Started out nice, then clouded over, and just when I was supposed to go meet Helen to check the hives, it started raining. But weather radar showed just a thin band of rain, [...]
