Treatment number 4. Before the world come to life.

SECOND ROUND OF SPLITS SHOULD HAVE CAPPED BROOD BY NOW. COULD NOT CATHC THE QUEEN TO MARK HER :(

MADELINE FINALLY DECIDES TO WEAR A VALE (SORT OF) AFTER A SLOIGHTLY SPICEY HIVE SETS HER STRAIGHT!

IT DIDNT WORK. AFTER 5+ WEEKS TIME TO REMOVE MY COMB JARS FROM THE TOP OF THE DEMARE HIVE. I TRIED!

Lets get a second box on this hive before it swarms on me

ROUTINE CHECK ON A HIVE THAT NEEDS MORE ROOM. A QUEEN LAYING IN HONEY FRAMES RUN TO THE END FRAME

MADELINE SPOTS ANOTHER QUEEN BEFORE I DO AND THIS ONE WAS NOT EASY. GONNA HAVE TO START PAYING HER!

Didnt take her long to figure out what a queen bee looks like Helped me find her so I could mark her

BOUGHT PLASTIC FOUNDATION TO PUT IN MY FRAMES BUT SMELLS LIKE SKANKY HOTTUB WILL THE BEES NOTICE?

FOUND SOME GEAR OF FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE BUT IS IT TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE? LETS FIND OUT...

THIS HIVE BAFFLES ME MUST HAVE HAD A QUEEN. SHE LAID SOME EGGS. VANISHED. THEY MADE MORE QUEENS~

MADELINE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO SPOT WILD LIFE. NOW SHE HELPS FIND A BRAND NEW QUEEN IN A SPLIT

Adding a 9 frame honey super to a booming split

YOU TELL ME...DID THIS HIVE MAKE A QUEEN OR NO? gOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE SOON...

To Mark Or Not To Mark Here Are the Risks Vs. Rewards

CHECKING FOUR SPLITS TO LOOK FOR NEW QUEENS

Final Split of the Season (Famous Last Words) Yields 5 Queen Cells to Work With

30 DAYS AFTER SHE EMERGED THIS NEW QUEEN IS LAYING WELL & FILLING UP HER HIVE CHECK HER OUT WITH ME!

SOMETHING TOLD ME I SHOULD HAVE A LOOK INTO THIS HIVE...GOOD THING I LISTENED

THIS ONE HURTS. I LOST A VERY PRODUCTIVE QUEEN. SHOULD HAVE SEEN AND LOOKED FOR THE SIGNS

Quick Check To See If a New Queen Is Laying - SUCCESS! Good Brood Pattern - Nice Queen!

CUTTING OUT QUEEN CELLS TO CREATE SPLITS AND INCEREASE COLONY NUMBERS

FOUR QUEEN CELLS JAMMED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER SHOULD I TRY TO SEPARATE THEM? RISL VS REWARD IN BEES

Easiest way to split a hive

THIS HIVE WAS WEAK 8 DAYS AGO NOW IT IS READY TO BE SPLIT. BEGINNER BEEKEEPING. GOOD WEATHER HELPS.

Observe Your Bees. Watch Them For a While, Up Close and From Afar. Never Know What You'll See

MARKING A QUEEN TAKES PRACTICE PATIENCE AND A PLAN BE READY IT MAKES BEGINNER BEEKEEPING MUCH EASIER

EZ Breeding Box. i MAKE A THREE CHAMBER BREEDING BOX FOR QUEEN BEES. HOPEFULLY IT WILL WORK

This Split Has a Mated Queen Laying But I Dropped Her While Trying to Mark Her...Twice!

I'm Trying To Catch a Swarm That Has Accessed This Area Under Some Concrete Steps Think It'll Work?

Split 2 - SUCCESS!! 2 FOR 2 AS I CHECK MY FOUR RECENT SPLITS

Split 1 Success!. There is a New Queen No Laying Yet But Just a Matter of Time

Beginner Beekeeping Split Prep. Getting Ready To Hive The Splits.

Demaree No Longer Serves a Purpose So Time To Combine Honey Supers Into One

Sometimes You Gotta Just Let The Bees Do Their Bee Stuff and Get Out of The Way

3 Weeks Later I Inspect The Demaree Hive. Which is Now Just a Hive With Two Honey Supers ON It

Walk Away Split Success Both Hives Look Very Strong & the Queenless Hive Made a Bunch Of New Queens

Quick video with a plan for 7 days of miserable weather on what should be prime time spring flow!

Taking a Teeny Tiny Queen Cell and Making a Split. Beginner Beekeeping 101

Demaree Success! One Last Look for a Queen Cell on Day 14 and I Find One! Now What Do I Do With It?

Adding Super to two very full deep brood boxes of bees

Walk Away Split of a Good Hive. Time to Make More Bees and Splits

Hive Number One Inspection Bursting at The Seems. Need to Add A Honey Super and Get Ready To Split

Building out the second box. This easy tip can help the bees build out the top box faster

Demaree part 2. 6 Days Later I Check My Demaree Split That Went Oh So Wrong.

Demaree Manipulation to Prevent Swarming and Make Queens. Goes South But Maybe It'll Work

Fume Boards Stink Like Ass...But They Work Perfectly. Easy way to move Bess Out Of a Box

Wholly Pollen Batman! Barely Anything In Bloom But The Bees Find A Way!

When Should You Add Another Box to Your Bees?

Do This Now. Flipping Boxes, Feeding and Mite Treatments in April. Don't Wait to Get This Done!

Warm Weather Means Removing Winterization and Doing A Quick Inspection to Get Hives Ready For Spring

Beekeeping Its not rocket science but a couple minor things can help your hives last longer

First Warm Day You Get In March Inspect Your Hives. Alive Mar 1 May Be Dead Mar 31Be Ready to Feed

Record Snow Fall About to Hit. Check the Hives to See What Kind Of Shape They Are In

Electric Fence Year 2. What I've Changed What I've Kept The Same. What I Will Change For Next Year

Let the foraging begin

December Bee Feed and Farewell to Our Lovely Dog Tower...

Winter Bee Check

December 17, 2024 Quick peek at the bees.

Checking the Splits