Update on Our Apiary

We've been so busy, I didn't realize I wasn't updating our blog!  Sorry!  Well, here's some news:

Join Us On An Inspection

July 6 - How Bees Know Where the Entrance Is

We took a quick peek in tonight. It's been too hot to get in there! The population has exploded more! Anyway, listen to them call others back to the hive entrance who go lost when we disrupted them!

Capped Queen Cell

Here is a capped queen cup in our Asguard hive. Our mentor suggests we leave it alone and check in two weeks that we have a laying queen.  We would ordinarily do more, but we just treated for Varroa Mites.  Watch for a discussion on that in a few days!