The bees of April
Well, folks, the bees are out, and spring is in full session.
When George decided to split some bustling hives last week, he found one in the throes of a swarm! Luckily, the swarms love our plum trees, and he was able to place them in a NUC. They have already built so much comb from that NUC that yesterday, he placed them into their own hive. I thought this bit of comb looked like a skull of some sort that came from that hive, so I thought I would share.
After the splits, we had ten hives. Then we purchased two packages from our bee club since there were extras. Now, we have twelve! Twelve hives from last winter’s five. We are so pleased, it feels like we now have a proper apiary.
George found another very cool use for his thermal camera. He realized that he could check the food levels while feeding the bees.
At night, he scans them with the camera, and you can see how much is left in the white bucket and gauge when to make more. We are in the process of configuring ways to make a larger batch of food for times of dearth since we now have more hives. It’s a process trying to make things easier as we grow. Making five gallons at a time will no longer work, as we’ll now need twelve gallons.
On the Farm
We seem to have lost two baby blueberry bushes, but I want to think they didn’t look well to begin with. They are slowly growing, as you can see, and probably due to needing more TLC on our part. George was out of commission for about a month this year, so he missed planting outside and tending to the garden, but he did start some micro tomatoes in the grow room, and they are popping up already. The garlic is still growing and should be ready in June for the Farmer’s Market.
Thank you for taking the time to visit. We’ll see you soon!
Happy Easter Bunnies
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