Gardens in the Gap at Hillsboro
SHP returned to Hillsboro’s Gardens in the Gap event in May 2023 to showcase an observation hive, share general information...
Fairfax Beekeeping Class Field Day
SHP welcomed the 2023 Fairfax beekeeping class participants on the final event of their course for a hands-on learning experience...
Apiguard Dosing
Based on a August 8, 2022 discussion with Tim Joseph (Apiguard dosing expert)
Laying workers and drones
Frequently we look for a queen in a hive. And if we can’t find the queen, we look to see...
Lots of queen cells
Recently we’ve been splitting what we can. Today we went through hives that needed attention. The trends that I saw...
FLIR images 122021
Got some updated FLIR images today from both yards. There is a worksheet tab from 2021. (more…)
Remove summer tops
Summer tops have holes for bottle feeders. Winter tops are solid and keep heat in and melting snow out, etc.
Don’t Mark the Queen This Time of Year
During hive inspections we found a couple of laying, unmarked queens. When asking for the marking pens, the word was...
Requeen
There were a few hives that had no queen. No indication of eggs or young larvae. Some had agitated bees....
Add second boxes
The weather was sprinkly today. The single body nucs all got a top box. With the exception of of recently...
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