It got practically 70 degrees today and with prompting from my dad to feed the bees, I decided to open the hives.
Hive #1 is doing fine apparently. They even still have some capped honey. Regardless, I put a little more honey out.
Hive #2 on the other hand is, well, dead.
Hive #1 is doing fine apparently. They even still have some capped honey. Regardless, I put a little more honey out.
Hive #2 on the other hand is, well, dead.
ALL those bees are dead.
I raked them off into the garden and Daddy helped me strip the comb off. We're going to melt the majority of it (some of it was kind of spoiled) down--there are all kinds of use for beeswax, so it's not a complete waste.
While I cannot say that I'm happy about this, I find that I am strangely calm about it all. Maybe because I don't feel so well--and I still have ONE hive going!!
I raked them off into the garden and Daddy helped me strip the comb off. We're going to melt the majority of it (some of it was kind of spoiled) down--there are all kinds of use for beeswax, so it's not a complete waste.
While I cannot say that I'm happy about this, I find that I am strangely calm about it all. Maybe because I don't feel so well--and I still have ONE hive going!!
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