The Wee Bee flew swiftly home from the beekeeper's house and reported straight to Mitzzi and the Queen. 'She's planning to have the association over for a demonstration on Sunday afternoon', she said. 'Have you been hacking her email again?', asked Mitzzi. 'No, just looking in through the window at the laptop.' The beekeeper had indeed noticed a bee taking a great deal of interest in the area around the window and wondered why she was bothering, ...
I think my mentee got a crash course today of a wide selection of what can go wrong in beekeeping. I got the first look at the colony down on the nature reserve and as soon as we opened it up I had a sinking feeling. The box was absolutely packed to the rafters with bees and, sure enough, sealed queen cells. I'd guess they must have gone almost a week ago judging by the lack of eggs and almost total lack of larvae in Brood laid across 9 14x12 frames in total. Everywhere there wasn't ...
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