Check up

I did a check up this weekend on the state of the bees and the splits I did  1 1/2 weeks ago.

All the splits seem to have worked out, queencells are there.

Now all we have to do is wait a little more to see if the queens emerge and get to and from their Maiden flight. Let's keep the fingers crossed.

Stefan

February Honey Harvest

The girls have been busy and the weather VERY different from a regular Winter. Result is that I got to harvest some honey in February already.
It is deliciously hearty and dark brown. Hmmm. Thanks Girls.

I am pretty excited to see two of my colonies doing SO well already. I split out 2 walk-away splits each and the boxes where still loaded with honey pollen and brood. The bees of the third colony that did really well was a little aggressive and I got stung as soon as I opened them up. So I left them alone yesterday, will look at them maybe today. I started the winter with 9, lost two, and if the splits work out, I am back up to 11. We have not even started the swarm season yet.

Pretty excited.