Daily Archives: May 2, 2015

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Swarm!

This entry was posted in Beekeepers Notes Lizs Notes and tagged observation hive on May 2, 2015 by Liz Thompson

  When Kristien and I arrived from setting up the cloake board at the farm, this is what we found!  We swept them into a bag and then dumped them into their new quarters.  I have a short video of the marching but I don’t know how to post that. […]

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Q4 off to a good start

This entry was posted in Beekeepers Notes Kristiens Notes and tagged Cloak board Method Garst farm Q4 queens on May 2, 2015 by Kristien Z

Q4 started a few days ago on the Garst Farm with the installation of the cloak board and the move of open brood to the topbox. Today, Liz and I rotated the hive 180 degrees so that the original opening is in the back (but still open). The queen is […]

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