Tag Archives: Bee

So when we last left the bees, each hive had only 9 frames, and the queens were still stuck in the queen boxes. From the outside, things looked like they were progressing, with the dead bodies ejected, and the grass … Continue reading →

The Eastern Hive seems to have gotten a bit faster start; they have already shoved all of the grass out of the entrance of the hive, and have extracted a bunch of dead bees and dumped them for the ants … Continue reading →

We installed the bees into their hives this morning. It was a little nerve-wracking, so we read up a bunch and discussed our plan last night. We also made up 10lb of sugar into sugar syrup (with a 1:1 ratio, … Continue reading →

The day is finally here; we went up to The Bee’s Knees in Snohomish and picked up 6lb of bees this evening. We are going to be running 2 hives this year, which should help us compare/contrast the progress of … Continue reading →