Helped get some overwinter nucs ready at the beginning of the season and another beek snapped a few candid shots. I guess my hat was the place to bee!
Both are better than having one inside it! 😬
iso118
joined 2 months ago
This happens like once every other year anyway, I'll take care of the next one!
I've purchased two overwinter nucs that I'm building up this year - one is extremely healthy and going great, the other has been a little sleepy from the start. I supered both at ~10 days after installing them in deeps, and I noticed sleepy hive was working on 3 supersedure cells. All were fairly fresh, only one had an egg in it. I located the queen, so I knocked them all down.
A week later I inspected for general health after a full week of rain and sleepy hive had one more queen cell, this time with a fairly developed larva in it. Found queen again so I killed the larva and crushed the cell.
The queen overwintered, so I dont think it's new hive jitters, but maybe the change in location is messing with them? Any thoughts as to why they're trying for a new queen when the current one is healthy and laying?
I say this with nothing but praise for what you've got here, but it makes me deeply nostalgic for Dragon's Gate. I'll check it out!
It goes so damn hard. Absolute bangers, start to finish.
There are other colors, but you typically see them in tans or neutral tones. Part of it is that it's a lot easier to see if there's a bee on you when your suit isn’t dark, lol. Another part is that you work in the bright sun, and a light suit helps keep you cool. Finally, some beeks say that bees are attracted to, or even angered by, black. Not sure if thats true, but either way a black suit sounds miserable!