Question: I bought a 3# package in May of NWC (New World Carniolans). The queen was an egg laying machine. The hive grew rapidly, I had older drawn comb, some new comb and brand new frames for two deeps so I mixed it up. Once the first deep was 8 frames full I [...]
Tag Archives: management
Colony Splits
Date Posted: June 23, 2009 – 5:37 pm
During spring and early summer months, healthy beehives can be divided into smaller units. Each component split is given either a mated queen or a couple of queen cells. With care from the beekeeper and good weather, the small colony will build up enough to survive the upcoming winter. As in all [...]
This Spring – so far, so good.
Date Posted: May 14, 2008 – 4:15 pm
The Spring season here in Ohio has been pretty good – but not great.
This bee season so far
Date Posted: April 7, 2008 – 3:04 pm
Well, some OSU colonies look pretty good while others are struggling. But at least, it’s not a near complete loss as it was last year. Abundant pollen is coming in and I have enough honey stores to spread around to needy colonies. But stand by, no doubt winter is not completely finished [...]
