Late season swarm but an extra hive nonetheless! Glad we caught these girls... very small swarm for being so late in the year. Hopefully they'll build quickly with this nice weather otherwise we'll combine them with another hive in October. #michiganhoneybees #michigan #midwestisbest #michiganhoneybees #beehivevintage #honeybees #insectsofinstagram #honey #honeyframes #honeybees #honey #swarms #honeybeeswarms #summerswarm #lateseason #simple #natural #sweet #beesarecool
Pulling honey and found some queen cups. Honeybees will often hide queen cups in the honey supers so that their existing queen doesn't find them. It's usually because the hive isn't happy with her, she's sick or not laying well. #honeybeedrama #honeybeedemocracy #honeybeesofinstagram #education #honeybees #michigan #southeastmichigan #michiganhoneybees #beesarecool #gardening #simple #natural #sweet #girlsruletheworld
So lucky I was chosen to be this girl's momma 💕
🤤 Uncapping Fresh Honey Frames
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I mean, it's sad when hives don't make it through the winter. But what you can learn by deconstructing a huge colony, literally frozen in time, is really something cool. This time, my dad helped me all afternoon. A guy who really doesn't care for stinging insects and is allergic, nonetheless. Today I took down 4 hives, two were incredibly large. Each had passed for a different reason. It's all part of beekeeping.
This used to make me really sad. But you have to shift your mind to the surviving hives. SHIFT. YOUR. MIND. The thing is the hives we have coming out of winter, are also huge and strong... hell, a few were scoping me out today in 35 degree weather! We'll take a loss to have stronger stock. As it always is with a honeybee democracy, do what's good for the whole.
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Winter Women Washboarding. When we don't know what to do, we rage clean, just like #honeybees on a random warm day 🤣
"Washboarding" is the term #beekeepers use when honeybees make the washboarding motion on the side of their hive box. Also, male honeybees, or drones, are all kicked out in the fall so a winter hive is all female honeybees.
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