Buckfasts

I'm 16 living in the United States... and I'm raising bees. I wanted to create this blog to record and share my adventure as well as get and give advice. I'm going onto my second year of raising honey bees and it's going really well. I first got the idea after reading, The Hobbit. I read the scene where they come upon Beorn's flower fields for his bees, and immediately fell in love. Now more than ever we need to support these magnificent creatures. I'm glad to be doing my small part.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Weather

The weather has been rather crappy lately. Nothing but rain... that 's to say I've been getting pretty wet lately when I went to give my girls their sugar water. However it was pretty nice on friday so I observed the hive for a good hour or so.

I made the opening to the hive a bit larger as you can see to the right to allow the bees to go to and from the hive easier.

They insist in using the smaller hole on this side though.

Burr Comb

When I inspected last week, much to my disappointment; there was a lot of burr comb. This was disheartening as I had to remove all my little bee's hard work including a good amount of pollen stores and brood. The only thing that made it a bit easier was that it was mostly drone brood. I'll be posting some pics of this soon. Besides that the hive seems to be buzzing busily.

Monday, May 9, 2011

First check up

The white honey comb you see is burr comb and was removed before it could become a
nuisance in maneuvering the frames.

Just examining the frame.

All suited up, looking for the queen.

Missa

This little honey bee hitched a ride on my glove all the way into the garage after I went outside to feed them I named her Missa which means honeybee in greek.