It has been a great year for honey at my house - 72 pints, 22 half pints and 6 quarts with comb.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Checking Bees and Hot Weather
I haven't checked the bees so this morning I thought the heat was reasonable - better than the last couple of days.
Hive #5 is struggling - I did not see any indication of a queen and I saw the queen on 6/16/11. Don't know what has happened. Moved 3 frames with brood from #6 and Nuc #3. Not sure if they will make a queen but it's worth trying.
Nuc #3, Nuc #4 and #6 all looked good - lots of bees and even saw some pollen being brought in.
The bees were a little testy and I was very, very hot by the time I finished. Did not check the bigger hives - I'll save that for cooler weather.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Service Flag Quilt
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY
One of my favorite quilts - this quilt was featured in the October 2005 issue of McCall's Quilting.
Service flags were first displayed during World War I - originally designed by WWI Army Captain Robert L. Queissner, 5th Ohio Infantry, in honor if his two sons who served in the war - they came to symbolize the hopes of every family who has a loved one in active duty.
Each blue star on a Service Flag represents a family member serving in the Armed Forces.
Friday, July 1, 2011
The Beeyard - July, 2011
Late this afternoon, I put away the empty supers from extracting honey last week. I checked Hive#4 and they still had some space. Added super to Nuc #5 with 7 empty frames and 3 full frames of honey from Nuc #4.
Nuc #4 needed some space.
I'll probably do some more rearranging later next week. I need to check #6 for a queen. I could do some more extracting and take more honey - we'll see.
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