Bees are Busy Collecting Honey

We’ve been busy the last month trying to keep up with all that’s happening with the bees! Here’s some pics of our hives from recent visits… stay tuned for more detailed posts coming soon about our first honey harvest of the year (Memorial Day weekend), recent mite counts, and doing splits.

Photo: A frame filled with “capped” honey. The white is a line layer of wax capping the bees put over the honey to keep moisture out.

Photo: A look inside the Water Under the Bridge hive bursting with bees.

Photo: Taking mite samples using the “powdered sugar roll” method, which shakes powdered sugar on the bees as a natural way to take a mite count sample. The bees then lick the sugar off each other before going back to the business.

Photo: The Yellow Submarine hive (left) and the Purple Rain hive (right). The first two boxes are for the bee nest. Any extra boxes on top of those are called honey supers for collecting surplus honey.