
Adding Caucasian Bees
Always wanting to check things out I ordered 2 Caucasian queens to try.
05/07/2022 Overwintered Inspections
I did take a peak at 5 or 6 of the overwintered hive to see where I was at for brood. I have a few hives that will be perfect for a split to put cells on in 2 weeks.
Workout!
I always wondered how much work and knew it was a workout when I was moving bees, doing inspections, etc. Universe decided to intervene and flip my watch on to track a workout.
05/07/2022 Packages 5-8
All looked good, few were loaded w/ quite a few drones.
05/07/2022 Gear Shakeout and Packages 2, 3, and 4
Busy 3 hours of inspections! Got a great start shaking out gear to add to the packages and transition to the top feeders.
05/07/2022 Package OA Vape
Based on follow up inspections was about 7-8 days too late, weather sucks! I’ll have to do some kind of a follow up treatment to get all those mites that are unde rtha cappings…leaning towards Formic Acid treatment.
Little Different Video
Will be doing more stuff in front of the camera this year vs always having the go pro.
04/23/2022 Hive Inspections 4
Last of the inspections for all the packages I installed 04/16/2022. They seem to be growing nicely and will need some more room added soon!
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