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Beekeeping
- Thread starter Spider
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I think one out of my three hives did not survive the winter. This is ok, and why I started with 3 to begin with. I can still split the remaining two and end up with 4 hives this year.
But I thought I'd share some pics I took while doing hive check the past couple of days.
Hive 1 just opened up
Queens, I marked them. The color identifies their age, and the mark makes them easier to find.
Zoom in, these are freshly laid eggs. These are 1-3 days old.
Zoom in near that bee in the middle and you can see brood at every stage of development: egg, larva, and capped brood.
But I thought I'd share some pics I took while doing hive check the past couple of days.
Hive 1 just opened up
Queens, I marked them. The color identifies their age, and the mark makes them easier to find.
Zoom in, these are freshly laid eggs. These are 1-3 days old.
Zoom in near that bee in the middle and you can see brood at every stage of development: egg, larva, and capped brood.
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Yeah, I consider it a success. I've been told to expect losses of 30% annually, which if you have a few hives or more is easy to recover from. I guess losses this year were 60% on average, which is huge. Lots of folks are studying the losses to try to figure out why. I know a couple of new beekeepers who lost their hives completely.
This is awesome @Spider I wish I were doing the same. I have too many projects including running the farmers markets every Saturday and trying to keep up on my garden which keeps growing. ALSO, Iryna is keeping me busy with loads of home renovation projects and we may build a chicken coop in the next few weeks too!
You need to move to the country to have a proper homestead!
I'm going to a homesteading expo this weekend to see what I can learn. I'll probably sit at our beekeeping club's table for a while and answer questions.