February 28, 2010 - 2pm

It was about 60º at the bee yard today. The skies were clear and it there was a slight breeze.

Alpha Hive

Replaced the feeder jar today, old jar was empty. There was a lot of activity around the front of the hive and the entrance. The bees were bringing in a lot of pollen. While watching the entrance area I noticed a bee walking around the landing area with deformed wings...

Beta Hive

The feeder jar had one cup of fluid left, but I replaced it anyways. The bees also bringing in a lot of pollen. Beta Hive also is very active, there were a lot of bees in the air. I happened to see a drone land and crawl into the hive.

Took some pictures and movies, will post when Blogger is working correctly.



Alpha & Beta Hive Entrance Activity





Alpha Hive Entrance Activity( front view)





Beta Hive Entrance Activity (front view)

7 February 2010

Still feeding the bees sugar water, just haven't been logging the times. The jars are being replaced every 3-5 days.

Hopefully today I will visit the bee yard to check on the bees.

January 13, 2009 - 12pm

I didn't make it to the bee yard. My Dad replaced the feeder jars of both hives today. I'll have a couple of jars ready for this Friday.

January 9, 2010 - 12:30pm

It was clear skies and cold. Temps were in the 40s.

Alpha Hive had 1 cup left in the jar, it was replaced anyways.

Beta Hive emptied the jar and has a replacement.

I have a couple more jars of food ready.

January 6, 2010 - 1 pm

I wasn't able to make it to the bee yard. I don't know what the temperature was that day.

My Dad replaced the feeder jars for the Alpha & Beta Hives on the 6th of January. This coming Friday the jars should be ready for replacement.

December 31, 2009 - 2 pm

It was partly sunny and 64º at the bee yard. A really warm day for this time of year!!!

I have been putting off updates to the blog since the 10th of this month.

Basically the Alpha Hive has been getting a fresh jar every three days. Today another jar was put on.

The Beta Hive was not being fed since it had so much honey going into the winter. But today I thought I'd just see if the bees would take any feeding. So I added a full jar to the Beta hive today.

December 10, 2009 - 2pm

Alpha Hive

Replaced the feeder jar with a full jar today.