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Category Archives: top bar hive
Cleaning out the Combs
In November, we harvested the full honey combs from the hive that died of exposure during a bad fall storm. It was our first experience extracting honey – and from a top bar hive at that. In all, we crushed … Continue reading →
Dead Bee Honey
Sooooo….our bees died. Again. Sadly, the first hive that expired was on us. I have yet to make a decent lid for the hive. So one stormy night, the lid blew off and water made its way into the hive. … Continue reading →
Bringing Home the Bees
Old combs will be recycled
Old combs will be recycled
After the swarm moved into the hive we had ready for the new packaged bees, I had one day to scrounge a suitable replacement. Luckily we had the empty hive from the first die-off in 2014. But it needed some love. Continue reading →
Posted in animal behaviour, bees, honeybees, top bar hive
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Tagged cleaning top bar hive, preparing for new bees, removing beeswax
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Swarm!
Two days before our package arrived, a swarm moved into the hive! Bees had been checking out the hive for weeks, but it looked like they were just robbing the remaining honey. I stopped thinking it was scouts looking … Continue reading →
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