It has been a busy summer extracting a lot of honey and preparing the girls for the fall. A few days ago there was a lot of action at the hives because it was a nice day.
These four hives have taken in more than 120 lbs of sugar in the form of 2:1 syrup(sugar:water). This is an incredible amount. Now the hives are really heavy, which is going to be good for winter survival.
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| Lots of activity |
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| Some drones are still around?! |
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| Took off my custom mouse guard to let the bees clean out. |
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| Broken hive stand! Collapsed under 200+ lbs per hive. |
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| Moldy Wax? Too much moisture in hive. |
Since the hive stand collapsed in the summer, I think this caused both hives to have extra moisture. I fixed the stand and placed it on some cement blocks. These bees really worked hard this year.
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| Fixed the hive stand so that the hives are off the ground. |
Sorry to my few readers for the excessively long time between posts. The outdoor work is almost done! All the treatments are done for my hives now and I will be wrapping them in the next weeks.
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