Check out these great ideas for better nectar management… From: Bee Source _ A serious warehouse of knowledge Nectar Management 101 – Bee Culture – Feb., 2002 by Walt Wright Stop Swarms – Make money If there is anything on which most beekeepers agree, it is that stronger colonies produce…
When a colony accidentally loses its queen, it is said to be “queenless”. The workers realize that the queen is absent after as little as an hour, as her pheromones fade in the hive. The colony cannot survive without a fertile queen laying eggs to renew the population, so the…
All colonies are totally dependent on their queen, who is the only egg-layer. However, even the best queens live only a few years and one or two years longevity is the norm. She can choose whether or not to fertilize an egg as she lays it; if she does so,…
June: I must admit it was a long wait for the first of the nucs, but I was really trying to get local queens and avoid the boxes. Then the date came and I was to pick up not only mine, but a nuc for my friend Tim. No biggie,…