Jan 17, 2009 - 6 pm

The jar of sugar water that has been on the hive for a week has finally been removed. The bees didn't drink much of it.

The hive woodenware for the second colony is painted and ready.I finally acquired a fogger! Hopefully this will keep the mite population down.

The frame foundation for the second hive will be the 4.9 cell size. I thought I would try raising bees that are that size and see how mite control would work. The bees are also of the 4.9 size. The bees are from K&M bees and will be a 5 frame nuc.

This year I thought I would use wood pellets for smoker fuel. I bought a 40# bag from Dadant & Sons.


New Fogger...




Colony # 2 woodenware.