This years queen! #wildwaterapiary #future #queens
Equalizing Colonies
Equalizing bee colonies involves balancing their strength by redistributing resources like brood and honey frames. This helps maintain healthy, productive hives and reduces the risk of swarming. #wildwaterapiary #honeybee #future #pollination
Bees wax rendering. #wildwaterapiary #honeybee #future #beeswax
Spring 2025 ramping up! #wildwaterapiary #pollination #honeybee
Combining two hives to make one strong hive! Combining two beehives into one is typically done for several reasons: **Strengthening a Weak Colony:** A weak colony might struggle to survive on its own, especially during winter or in times of resource scarcity. Combining it with a stronger colony can increase its chances of survival. **Resource Efficiency:** Maintaining a weak hive can drain resources, including time, effort, and equipment. Combining hives allows for more efficient use of resources. **Preventing Queen Issues:** If one hive has lost its queen and is struggling to raise a new one, combining it with a queen-right hive can solve the issue more effectively. **Disease Control:** If a hive is showing signs of disease, combining it with a healthy hive (after proper treatment and inspection) can sometimes help manage the problem better. **Honey Production:** A stronger combined hive can be more productive in terms of honey production and pollination, making it more beneficial for beekeepers. **Population Management:** During certain times of the year, particularly before winter, beekeepers might combine hives to ensure they have fewer, but stronger, colonies that are more likely to survive the colder months.Combining hives can ultimately lead to a healthier, more productive bee colony, benefiting both the bees and the beekeeper. #savethebees #honeybees #wildwaterapiary
Turn the volume up and listen to the sounds of the #honeybees …. Honey bees need water for hydration, cooling their hive, and maintaining humidity for brood development. Worker bees, called "water foragers," collect water from various sources like puddles, streams, and dew. They also use water to dilute honey and feed larvae. Providing a shallow water source with stones can support local bee populations or in our case we provide a tub with a more natural setting with plants for them to land on.
Happy Memorial Day. We will never forget why we get to set up our honey stand today! My brothers paid the price to allow us to do this! 🍻❤️🪖🫡Open 9:30 AM - at least 1PM——————12553 S Florida Ave. Floral City, Fl 34436 Cash Only 4.oz. - $10. 10oz. - $17. 20oz. - $32. #honey #honeycomb #supportlocalbusiness #supportsmallbusinessowners #veteranowned #wildwaterapiary
Happy Memorial Day. We will never forget why we get to set up our honey stand today! My brothers paid the price to allow us to do this! 🍻❤️🪖🫡
Open 9:30 AM - at least 1PM
12553 S Florida Ave. Floral City, Fl 34436
Cash Only
4.oz. - $10
10oz. - $17
20oz. - $32
We will be set up tomorrow 5/27/24 open @9:30am. Look for our signs!
12553 S Florida Ave. Floral City, Fl 34436
We are cash only
4oz. - $10
10oz. - $17
20oz. - $32
Come and get it while the honey is still available.
Honey stand is open today!! We are here until 4pm today 5/24/24. #honeybees #honey #honeycomb #wildwaterapiary
It always very exciting to get to enjoy the fruits of our bees labor! #honey #honeybees #wildwaterapiary