Saturday, October 23, 2010

At the Bee yard is was about 82º and windy.

Put in place the second dose of Apiguard for the Swarm hive and Beta Hive.

Swarm Hive
The bees cleaned up quite a bit of the Apiguard meds. I am considering removing the honey super to prevent hive beetle problems late in the year. If I do that I'll extract it and mix it with water and feed it to the bees over the next few weeks and the rest of the winter.

Beta hive
There is about 20 pounds of honey in the honey super. Most of the bees are in the top hive body. I'll probably remove that super, extract the honey and feed it back to the bees over the winter.

Alpha Hive
Bees are in both hive bodies and the cluster is pretty tight even though temperatures aren't that cold.

Working on modifying the migratory covers so that 3-4 mason jars can be installed.

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