In our latest hive inspection we found that Hive 1 has a fully formed queen cell. The queen that came with the nuc that went into hive 1, seemed to come with a bad leg.

​We are so excited to have you all back in our backyard for the beginning of our 3rd season! We are hoping the 2019 season will be the best yet!

This year we are starting off with 4 hives!!! We aren’t messing around this year! We want our chances of some making it through the winter to be as high as possible, so we are upping our odds.

 Or maybe more clearly, how do bees live in nature at all, when my bees get mite treatments, have their nutrition supplemented during dearth’s, and have my knowledgeable care during the year but can’t survive the winter. I’ve been asking this question since I started beekeeping, and I’ve recently got some answers. No no, don’t worry...wild bees are doing just fine out there 😉🐝😉