Author Archives: AmericanHeritageApiary

Here’s how we make up minis…not the best but meh

Here’s a montage of inspections from a few weeks ago!

No content lately…part of it is just being too busy to get videos pulled and uploaded. Work and family life has keep me running. It’s also stupid hot and all the hives have their supers on and they are just slaving away making that delicious honey. This is the time of year where it’s allContinue reading “06/15/2022 Update”

Hives 132, 133, and 135

Moved almost all my packages to 10 frame hives at my Downs apiary. Here are all the videos.

This hive is definitely a little frisky. I will be letting it go over the honey flow but she will be replaced late June and no drones selected.

The nectar flow is on strong now with black locust trees and honey suckle. Time to throw gear at the bees!

Sunday I made our first instrumentally inseminated queen. It’s a New World Carniolan VSH x Harbo VSH