Accidentally got involved in a beehive removal after a call from the fire department. Wedged in between a double layer fence in a fancy neighborhood, and two neighbors, one of whom was a very, very, very cranky old woman. 😬 #beekeeping
Kate Bowles
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WE'VE BEEN FREELY CHOSEN! This hive sat empty for just over a year, since the last ones absconded. I found yesterday that some other wild #bees have moved in. 🥰🐝🍯 This is such good news! By far the easiest capture to date. 😅 #beekeeping
A top bar bee hive, the entrance busy with many bees both coming and going.
Feral bee swarm update: Kid installed the bees, but either they didn't get dumped hard enough, or they didn't like it and eventually absconded. 😭 I didn't lock them in bc I didn't want them to stay if something was wrong with the hive, I'd rather them leave and survive. We still have them coming and getting sugar syrup/bee food that I put in, but the swarm left. ☹️ Maybe next time. Fun adventure while it lasted. Now we have somewhere to put them immediately, if we ever get another chance. 😅
WE'VE BEEN FREELY CHOSEN! This hive sat empty for just over a year, since the last ones absconded. I found yesterday that some other wild #bees have moved in. 🥰🐝🍯 This is such good news! By far the easiest capture to date. 😅 #beekeeping
A top bar bee hive, the entrance busy with many bees both coming and going.
priryo@linernotes.club
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Any other beekeepers.have any ideas on anything useful to do with old, dirty wax? (So far, our choices are to attempt to compost it, and to throw it away). #beekeeping
Any other beekeepers.have any ideas on anything useful to do with old, dirty wax? (So far, our choices are to attempt to compost it, and to throw it away). #beekeeping
Aral Balkan
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The Guardian: Could become a death spiral’: scientists discover what’s driving record die-offs of US honeybees
The Guardian: Could become a death spiral’: scientists discover what’s driving record die-offs of US honeybees