Posts by matteo

Put top boxes on every hive. Give space for Spring.

This week we removed bottom boxes and sugar shims from the colonies.   There was never a reason cited for...

This week was normal feeding and a mite inspection and treatment with Oxalic Acid. There are some pictures forthcoming, but...

This week we fed and inspected hives. There’s less of a worry about swarming this time of year. One had...

There is a delicate balance at this time of year with respect to feeding. On one hand you want strong...

Today the bees seemed more agitated than usual, and maybe this is seasonal. We quickly inspected a couple of the...

I’ve heard it said that honeybees face two winters. The obvious one is Winter. The other is the end of...

The question for every hive that I’ve inspected is, “Where’s the queen?”   Sometimes the queen is marked and that...

The cool equipment that we got to use today was the solar wax melter. It has been really grey and...

Today was scheduled to be an apiary visit from the Loudoun Country Day School, but that got rained out and...