It was a wonderful day today in the upper 60's here in north Alabama. It was a little windy when I began the inspection of my 2 hives around 1pm. The bees were flying quit a bit and some even had some purple/reddish lookin pollen.
The first hive was 1 deep and 2 supers. There were bees in both of the supers with plenty of honey and very few bees in the deep. I pulled on deep frame a put in a hsc frame to see how they do with it. I saw no brood , however I did not take every frame put of the supers there was alot of cross comb and I did not want to make a huge mesws with honey everywhere. I did see the alot of different supercedure cells, not sure if they were old and the queens had already hatched or they had not been fully finished before the cold setteled in here.
The secound hive was 1 deep and 1 super. There were alot of bees in this hive also, alittle aggressive I might add. They came pouring out of the inner cover hole as soon as I pulled off the top. I saw basically the same as in hive 1 not many bees in the deep and lots of honey and a little pollen being collected. I pulled a frame and replaced it with 1 hsc just to see. I will try to post some pictures of the 2 frames I pulled later on.
I think my first winter is going to be a great one.
Bees enjoying extracted honey frames
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Bees have been out and about
The weather here in North Alabama has been in the upper 40's and 50's. The bees are loving it! I have one hive that is out in the upper 30's and lite rain, while the other hive waits for the upper 40's and 50's. I will try to make my splits this spring from my better foraging hive, if I make splits at all.
I will be transfering both hives over to HSC( Honey Super Cell) this spring. I hope that it will not set them back a whole lot as everyone I talk to wants some honey. I will keep you all posted of the progress as it develops. For now I will continue to mark all of my frames for the Housel position and finalize my sping time plans. I will be making some video's and taking a lot of pictures and will post these when I get them.
Happy BEEKing
William
I will be transfering both hives over to HSC( Honey Super Cell) this spring. I hope that it will not set them back a whole lot as everyone I talk to wants some honey. I will keep you all posted of the progress as it develops. For now I will continue to mark all of my frames for the Housel position and finalize my sping time plans. I will be making some video's and taking a lot of pictures and will post these when I get them.
Happy BEEKing
William
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