Moving Day, August 5, 2016
As I finally made my rounds after my month of travel, I discovered the colony at this out-yard was a dead-out. After a month, it’s a little difficult to say […]
Category Archives: Why did my bees die?
It’s all over…
Or at least that’s the way it feels this morning. These hives are two of fifteen or more at this location. I knew I was living on borrowed time […]
Winter Robbing
I was doing a routine yard check two weeks ago when I noticed an unusual amount of traffic in two hives, primarily back and forth–not good. It was late in […]
Drama in the bee yard: Robbing woes
On my way home from work a few weeks ago, I noticed an excessive amount of activity around one of my large hives. When I stopped to take a closer […]
What did you do in the bee yard today? December 31, 2013
The last two weekends have included normal winter bee chores: clearing hive openings, checking honey stores, and preventing condensation by changing out damp hive-top towels for dry ones. In addition, […]
