BWHoneybees

BWHoneybees This page is all about Beekeeping! My goal is to share my love for honeybees and to hopefully help others enjoy it also!

I can’t wait for grafting season again!! How many of you do grafting as well? Let’s see those queens! 🐝
12/09/2021

I can’t wait for grafting season again!! How many of you do grafting as well? Let’s see those queens!
🐝

Thank you for all those who are following my page!! I am going to be giving away a free square of my cut comb honey to a...
12/08/2021

Thank you for all those who are following my page!! I am going to be giving away a free square of my cut comb honey to a random follower so stay tuned! 🐝

Thank you to all of you who follow my page! To say thanks I will be randomly picking one of my followers to receive a fr...
12/08/2021

Thank you to all of you who follow my page! To say thanks I will be randomly picking one of my followers to receive a free cut comb honey square from my Hogg Halfcomb box that I did this year! Check out betterbee.com to find this system for cut comb! 🐝

I would like to point out some details about this picture for the beginner beekeepers out there! At first glance you sho...
12/06/2021

I would like to point out some details about this picture for the beginner beekeepers out there! At first glance you should be able to identify the queen in the middle! But take a closer look at the bees around her! You will typically see attendants that will stay by the queen and take care of her. They are usually facing her and sometimes you may see them in a circle around her all facing her. Next, you may notice the fuzzy looking bees below her. These are newly emerged bees that may just be hours or a day old. There job immediately after emerging is cleaning cells. As they get older they will get different duties. Many don’t realize the different stages of the workers in the hive. These are just a couple. It is age based and the oldest workers are the foragers. It’s amazing how efficient a colony is!

12/05/2021

Not a sound you would expect in December! It’s been pretty warm so far here in Utah!

Dec 4th and the bees are out flying! It has been a very mild fall with lots of warm temps. I wish it was cold because al...
12/05/2021

Dec 4th and the bees are out flying! It has been a very mild fall with lots of warm temps. I wish it was cold because all this activity is burning up honey stores quicker than normal! Forecast is saying it is going to get cold and wet next week so let’s hope!

12/04/2021

Went out to winterize some hives and had a few honkers in the bee yard!

Now that winter is here it’s time to start working and cleaning equipment and supplies! Also time to take inventory for ...
12/03/2021

Now that winter is here it’s time to start working and cleaning equipment and supplies! Also time to take inventory for what is need for next year! Always something to do!!

Got all the hives but 3 winterized completely today! I did take two stings though.
12/03/2021

Got all the hives but 3 winterized completely today! I did take two stings though.

I am approaching 1000 followers so to celebrate, I will be giving away a square of my cut comb honey from this year! It ...
12/02/2021

I am approaching 1000 followers so to celebrate, I will be giving away a square of my cut comb honey from this year! It will be in my Hogg Half comb cassette that I tried this year from . Check them out if you have been interested in doing cut comb! They are awesome!

Sugar boards are another great tool to help your bees during the winter months! I see them as an insurance policy for th...
12/01/2021

Sugar boards are another great tool to help your bees during the winter months! I see them as an insurance policy for the colony in case they run out of stores below! My goal with these is to have them hardly used in spring. This means the bees had plenty of honey stores. They are easy to make. Just mix 16 lbs. sugar to 3 cups water. This will make a sand like substance. Then place it in the sugar board and let it dry for 24 hours. Place directly above frames and then I place my quilt box above it. Anybody else use a sugar board of some kind?

Every fall when cold temps hit us I get questions from panicked new beekeepers about dead bees in front of the entrances...
11/30/2021

Every fall when cold temps hit us I get questions from panicked new beekeepers about dead bees in front of the entrances of there hives. But this should be something you shouldnt worry about! Most of these bees are the last cycle of foragers that finished up the season and died when it got cold. The winter bees take over from this point on and will take over until spring! The average summer bee lives about 4 weeks and the winter bees live 3-5 months or longer in some locations. With the proper mite control throughout the year and sufficient honey stores, this should not alarm you when you see dead bees like this outside your hives. Anyone have info to add to this situation?

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