October 2015 – Melissa's Honey Bees

Questions in the Langstroth

October 21, 2015

Best Bees came out and inspected the Langstroth hive. The beekeeper looked at one of the frames in the top deep and it was full of uncapped honey. She took out another frame and found the same thing. She decided to look into the middle deep. In the middle deep there was a lot of …

A Sweet Surprise!

October 13, 2015

It was time to inspect the host hive again. Mike came out to help. This time we inspected the hive in the middle of the day. We have had some cooler days now and I wanted it to be warmer when we opened the hive. The one thing I didn’t consider is how much shade …

Working Through the Fear

October 7, 2015

Now that I have completed an inspection on the top bar hive in my yard, it’s time to tackle the host top bar hive. I have put off inspecting this hive for a long time. The last couple of inspections were unsuccessful and really painful. I have some extra hands helping out with this inspection. …