Events

Regular meeting.  Checking all colonies for queen rite and honey production.  Also dissecting bald-faced hornet's nest - compliments of Maddy.

Regular meeting consisting of Module 10 - Honey Harvest, followed by our first honey harvest of the year!  Very exciting. Bring a bee suit, veil, smoker, and BEE BRUSH to help remove honey from the hive.  We will be using a motorized honey extractor so we should be done by noon. Everyone takes home a […]

Regular meeting to see if the colonies are swarming.  Also check to make sure there is at least a half box of empty frames in the honey super.  If not, under super.  We are not harvesting until the week of August 15.

Two weeks to go before our final harvest and start of feed and medication.  We will be checking for brood disease and honey stores this week.