Author Archives: AmericanHeritageApiary

Varroa Management: Rough outline on my treatment plan. I’m usually very anal and plan for things years in advance but for whatever reason I have always just wung it for pest management. Little late to the party but I did realize I need to lay out a formal plan and execute. Being a bee keeperContinue reading “2022/2023 Planning and Changes – Varroa Part 3”

Made a lot of progress in the bee yard yesterday. Got up early and cleaned up my storage spot, unfortunately I will be losing it due to housing development so trying to get ahead. i got all of my feeders wiped down and rinsed out fairly well. Was able to mix up 20 gallons ofContinue reading “Busy Saturday!!”

Varroa Management: Rough outline on my treatment plan. I’m usually very anal and plan for things years in advance but for whatever reason I have always just wung it for pest management. Little late to the party but I did realize I need to lay out a formal plan and execute. Being a bee keeperContinue reading “2022/2023 Planning and Changes – Varroa Part 2”

Made it through 11 of my survivor hives, video coming, adding feed and checking strength. 5 of the hives were moderately strong, 2 were queenless and 4 were really doing well. Definitely have some strong genetics to select from. My 3rd ii queen made it though the winter, picture below! Very excited about getting herContinue reading “Bee Work”

Calendar: First and foremost I laid out a calendar to Schedule major activities within my Apiary. Starting with when to make my spring splits, install packages, treat for mites, it’s all there. I’m a list driven personality, will be able to refer to calendar and then pivot to making a list for the week. MyContinue reading “2022/2023 Planning and Changes Part 1”

1. Have to feed and feed and feed the girls up in late August and September. Probably my biggest regret of the season. 2. Hammer the mites! I did minimal treating last year and it drastically increased my over-wintering success rate. Will be actively selecting for VSH and upping my genetics game with II, stillContinue reading “2021 Season Lessons Learned”

After a few weeks of searching high and low my go pro rig has been located! Warning: videos will to start dropping in the next few weeks!!

Spring has sprung, well kind of…. What’s new? Not a whole lot really happening bee wise this time of year. My over-wintering was slightly more successful than the past few years with 12 of 40 hives making it through until now. This will be my last year of Darwin-istic bee keeping, I am going toContinue reading “Spring”