More pictures, mostly from our first year.
Our first year nuke of bees never lived into the second year. I surmise due to my lack of knowing what to do. |
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First year colony
I had two deeps and two medium supers which I used here to place frame feeders in for fall feeding.
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The frame feeders I modified to feed syrup in for the fall
I placed syrup in the modified feeders. Then I placed sections of insulation on each side of them to help keep the heat in.
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This is an early morning picture taken in July 2004 |
A close up of the last one, where the girls are clustered at the entrance. |
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Spider
I had to take the whole two boxes apart to get rid of this spider. I found two more when I did. |
Spider # 2
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A strong early winter wind blew my wind break down. Learned to make them stronger even if they are only tempory. |
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I was lucky that it didn't knock the hives over or even off the stand. |
First year mouse guard at the entrance. |
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Spring 2005
One of the girls working the Maple tree buds spring of 2005 |
In the Maple tree buds again. |
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Box wood in bloom
A surprize find was the bees working a blooming box wood. I never even knew Box woods bloomed till then. |
Screened bottom board
I switched to screened bottom boards in 2004. I do believe they help with the control of Varroa mites and also help the ventalation of the hive in the summer with the flashing removed. |
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