On a sunny day in January, bees were taking cleansing flights from one of our hives. I checked the other and found that the bees had absconded/swarmed leaving four deeps of honey and six frames of pollen in the top box. Down below were the empty brood frames with capped honey in the corners. I harvested two frames of cut-comb honey and gave the other two deeps of capped honey to our remaining hive. I then set up the empty box for new bees in the spring.
Cut to late February: the bees began bringing in pollen by the bucket load and we began seeing the first of many orientation flights; spring build-up was going strong! Our Japanese boxwood was abuzz.
Cut to late February: the bees began bringing in pollen by the bucket load and we began seeing the first of many orientation flights; spring build-up was going strong! Our Japanese boxwood was abuzz.
April 4: time for a honey super already! Our bees were starting to store honey and pollen in the burr comb at the top of the second brood box. I added a queen excluder and a deep for honey.
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