Thread: Beekeeping

But from what I see this isn't grown in the Walla Walla Soil......

Originally Posted by 32t

But from what I see this isn't grown in the Walla Walla Soil......

Oh yea, there are growers here in the valley. Both licensed and the 'Others'/like the guy who lives next door to my oldest daughter.

Walla Walla Weedery isn't the only outlet. I find it interesting that the company that I recently retired from will fire an employee if they test positive for pot even if they are using with a Drs. Prescription because it's still Federally banned.

Uh, weren't we talking about bees?

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Uh, weren't we talking about bees?

You are correct sir!

I wonder how fast the truck went. I woke up this morning to a mail that the bees are here.

Pictures of how I spent my early afternoon.

Buzzing in the back of my truck



The box's are ready to go.



Dump them in.



spread them around so they don't get squished



All done except to put the bricks back on top

Good luck with the bee keeping.

Good luck, Tim.

What do you feed them?

Originally Posted by rolodave

Good luck, Tim.

What do you feed them?

On the top of the box in the pictures you can see an orange colored square. That is 1/2 of a pollen patty and that should get them through about a week. It is my understanding that that gives them protein... [I am still learning!]

The top boxes you can see are still empty except for the white 1 gallon pail. You can feed sugar water but it is a mess to mix etc. so I chose to go with a product called Prosweet. It has not only sucrose but glucose fructose etc. that is suppose to imitate honey better. AND it is easy!

Many things for me to learn yet but I have been told that you have to be careful about feeding them the syrup to early because they think that the flowers are blooming and start laying eggs etc...

Here is basically what I did except I didn't block the entrance because I can't make it back for about a week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVW8CErDpjQ