Bee Source – Updated 2023

It’s 2023 and I know that you may be thinking of beekeeping. There is a local company that I have worked with to get my nucs and packages. SweetGrass Honey is owned by Mick Wiser who has helped me and got me into beekeeping.

https://www.sweetgrasshoney.com

You check out the shop link to get bees in April and May. Good luck and Happy Beekeeping, I am getting a few packages this year myself.

Happy New Bee Year!

Michelle

Need Bees?

I know that my site has been bare lately. Life has been hectic with regular world. I know that some people have contacted me about getting started.

Here is a local company that I have worked with to get my nucs and packages. SweetGrass Honey is owned by Mick Wiser who has helped me and got me into beekeeping.

https://www.sweetgrasshoney.com

You check out the shop link to get bees in April and May. Good luck and Happy Beekeeping, I am getting a few packages this year myself.

Happy New Bee Year!

Michelle

Pollen Patties

Hello, it’s fall and the bees are doing well but we are closing down for the season. I have noticed some beetles a few weeks ago and added traps.This pollen patte should add nutrients for the winter.

To make pollen patties I used the following item:

Sugar

Bee-Pro Pollen

Organic Coconut oil

Essential oils

Thanks you for following and have a great holiday season!

Beehive Move: July 2020

Here is a recently finished video of our movement bees from the nuc to regular hive.

Here are beekeeper terms that were used in this video:

  1. Bearding is a term referring to bees accumulating at the front of the hive, in a beard-like shape. Bees do this to make room inside the hive for added ventilation on a hot and humid day.
  2. Frame is a piece of equipment made of either wood or plastic designed to hold the honey comb.
  3. Hive tool is a metal device used to open hives, pry frames apart, and scrape wax and propolis from the hive parts.
  4. Nucleus is a hive of bees which consists of fewer frames than a typical hive and may be smaller in size. A nucleus usually consists of two to five frames of comb and used primarily for starting new colonies or rearing or storing queens; also called and commonly referred to a nuc.
  5. Smoker is a device in which materials are slowly burned to produce smoke (not flames) which is used to subdue bees. It is important to use a material that produces a cool smoke as not to harm the bees.
  6. Queen is a female bee with a fully developed reproductive system, and she is larger and longer than a worker bee.

Adding Frames

The hives are healthy and it’s time to let them expand and add frames.

Photo of two boxes
Inside second box
Frames added

I’ll check in again soon!

Moving Day

This morning we moved the bee from a 5 frame to an 8 frame box.

More video to come!!!

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