Higganum Hillside Honey

Author: dwelsch76

  • Update on the Little Hive 4

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    I inspected the little hive and there wasn’t a lot to report. There were a few bees flying in a and out. The queen was up at the top, with her continuously small capped brood patch. The bees chewed small hole through the newspaper. Which was good, the bees were intermingling. I took off the…

  • Update on the Little Hive 3

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    I checked the little hive, this time when I arrived at Burr Farm, I saw a few bees, coming in and out of the backdoor entrance. So they weren’t being shy. The other hives that were there, the strong colony was doing the same as usual and the other colony that has a laying worker,…

  • Update on the Little Hive 2

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    I inspected the little hive at Burr Farm and I did my normal routine. I get to the hives, check to see what they are doing. Who is coming and going of the hives, if they are bringing any pollen in, etc. I stood there and watched the little hive for a few moments, watching…

  • Update on the Little Hive

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    I inspected the little hive recently. I drove up to Burr Farm, where this hive is kept, with great anticipation. I wasn’t sure if I made a correct choice of adding the more bees to the hive. Would the bees happily combine with the queen bee that are already there or did I made a…

  • How are the bees doing?

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    It has been a while since I have been on to post about the bees. The last post was back in April. I have been extremely busy since then with the ups and downs with trying to grow a healthy and happy apiary. I have had my challenges this year; splits gone wrong, some robbing.…

  • Spring has Sprung! I am busy and so are the Bees!

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    Shortly after my last post, there was a warm day on the last day of February. It was sunny day and the temperatures reached into the 50s. It was a perfect day to look into the tops of the hives and see what was left of their food stores. It was also a new experience…

  • Brrrr! It had been cold! How are the bees surviving?

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    I have been worried with the temperatures being so cold for weeks. I don’t recall temperatures being this cold in the past, but part of that could be that I haven’t been keeping bees for that long and during that time we had a few mild winters, which may have spoiled me a bit. I…

  • Winter Preparations – Keeping the Bees Healthy

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    For one that doesn’t keep honeybees, they may think that the responsibilities of keeping those bees ends when the flowers are no longer in bloom. I have had many people ask me if my bees are all snug in a rug like a bug but, it doesn’t end there, not by any means. If the…

  • Going into the Fall

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    Since my last post, the new queen was accepted into hive #4. We pulled the honey supers off of all of the hives. There was very little capped honey from my hives here, and nothing from Burr Farm. I was hopeful that the rain at that time would help the flowers to produce nectar, but…

  • Update after the Yellow Jackets

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    A few weeks ago, I checked on hive #4. I wanted to see if there was any queen activity in the upper brood box. The bees have been filling that with sugar water/nectar and there was no queen activity. So I asked my husband to assist me with taking the upper brood box off so…