I donned my beesuit and lit the smoker! I used dryer lint to get it started and pine needles to keep it going - Hooray!
I checked on both hives and they look great. Bermuda has gotten a new shot of adrenalin and is growing rapidly - still a couple of frames behind Destin. Both are working well in the medium that I added last week.
These two layers - the hive body and the medium super are for the bees. This weekend or even maybe on Friday I'll add a honey super that may actually be for me.
I went to the Metro Beekeepers
meeting tonight. In Atlanta we have one of the oldest ongoing beekeepers' associations in the country. It's a great place to get help with beginner questions. Cindy Bee (that's really her name) who is famous in Atlanta for rescuing swarms of bees was there. She knows so much about it. I loved hearing her talk about her bees.
I'm learning more every day and from every contact with other beekeepers.
Hi Linda, really enjoying reading your bee blog - I get my first hive in the spring (July/August down here in New Zealand) and am very excited about it all - doing lots of reading and web surfing plus watching a friend with his hives, although there is not much happening at this time of the year - would really like to keep in touch and hope to have my own bee page happening when I get organised !Your hives look beautiful on the deck with the trees in the background.
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Marcia
Marcia