Haven't posted here for a bit. Well there have been a few ups and downs including a re-queening and some cut'n shut national brood frames (full story here, then scroll down), but the bees are still with us and I have recently installed a bottom board and some roof insulation.
No honey taken but I have learned tons and the pleasure of having a colony of bees living in a hive I made has been very rewarding.
They have been taking 2:1 sugar syrup strongly as winter approaches and and I saw them bringing pollen into the hive today (sunny at last and not raining :-)
Haven't posted here for a bit. Well there have been a few ups and downs including a re-queening and some cut'n shut national brood frames (full story here, then scroll down), but the bees are still with us and I have recently installed a bottom board and some roof insulation.
No honey taken but I have learned tons and the pleasure of having a colony of bees living in a hive I made has been very rewarding.
They have been taking 2:1 sugar syrup strongly as winter approaches and and I saw them bringing pollen into the hive today (sunny at last and not raining :-)
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