Thread: Beekeeping

My big excitement today was installing some honey gates in 5 gallon buckets.

Gosh I lead a boring life!

Sometimes old tools work best.

I ran across this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLKmfZCYh0s

Took the first honey of the year for me. About 70 lbs by the bathroom scale. 1 bucket 18.2'% moisture the other 18.4%.

I have to check out the new to me used heated knife. It kept cooling off I think that it needs a new plug end. I hope that is all it is.

I took a picture of this hive yesterday. It's in a fake tree trunk and viewable from front and back. The bees enter from outside through the tube on the lower left.

I pulled the last of my supers today. 13 in all but not all full. I am hoping for about 8 full equivelents.

Does that make sense???

They were mad today even before I started I got stung at the edge of my eyebrow/temple area. Then I got it in the ear through my suit. They liked my right ear for some reason. I didn't even use Vegital this morning......

I am going to sacrifice some of the crop this fall and try to get all six hives through the winter. Having a strong hive ready to go in the spring is one of the answers from what I am finding.

But if I knew everything I wouldn't be hanging around here!

I decided to give up extracting for the day......



I decided after only getting stung one in the finger trying to pick up a scraper.

On top of the plastic box I put a super that I just extracted honey from.

They didn't leave at dark.

Did I catch a swarm?

We will see in the morning!

My tax dollars at work.

A new bee 'sky rise' in Como Park offers home for pollinators - StarTribune.com



I would put one in my yard for free but from what I understand it wouldn't be legal......

They didn't even put it on our street that a share of the money came from.

I wrapped by bees up for the winter today.

5 colonies look good and one is questionable.

Things are out of my hands until spring. I may check them on a warm day in Feb or there about.

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