Monday, June 20, 2011

This is too much fun!

We added the 2nd deep hive box to the South hive - the one that the state bee inspector suspected was queenless when he made a suprise visit on Memorial Day. The North hive is working away - only 4 frames of 10 really filled out, but I attribute that to so many dead in shipment. If we can get 2 full deeps an over-winter that colony, I will consider it a success.

My biggest worry now is the mosquito truck. Those little suckers (pun intended) are terrible this year already due to the incredibly wet spring. How are our little girls to survive the poison?

Monthly bee meeting this week. Looking forward to it.