Today we started the process of harvesting honey this week. As you can see there is and escape board placed under the first two honey supers. When the bees leave the super at night to protect the queen they can’t go back up into the supers because the escapes are one way. Tomorrow I will…
Category: Beekeeping
Catching a Large Bull Swarm of Wild Honeybees
A friend on Puget Island called me, and asked if I wanted a large swarm of honeybees. These two short videos tell the story!
20 Honey Super Total
We have 7 hives, 6 that are producing honey here on Puget Island. Each super will yelled 3 gallons of honey if they are packed full of honey. We also have 13 supers on the 5 Beaverton Willow Creek hives. I’m hoping for full frames of honey in every super.
New Home for Wild Swarm
Catching a Wild Honeybee Swarm
Oakhills/Willow Creek Hives
Adding Honey Supers!
Josey and the Bees
This last Sunday, I checked on the Willow Creek honeybees. The hive with the two brood boxes only is in the process of making a new Queen. Also the pic of my supervised Lil’ Josey!!
Catching Wild Honey Bees
Birds and Bees Update
This last weekend there was a lot going on in the bee yards and the Osprey nesting platform. This late spring and early summer has had its fair share of showers. With those showers comes lots and lots of flowers. It seems to me that the wild blackberry bloom is nearly twice the norm. With…