Marland Heights Honey Bees

02/06/2022

No AC in the hive so they are getting some cooler air on their porch. Porch sitting, the summer thing to do. 😉

01/05/2022

Our split is doing well and growing!!! Pretty excited to see this colony grow as big as its parent colony!!!

24/04/2022

A couple of videos from our inspection today

24/04/2022

Hive inspection day.

24/04/2022

The girls were busy today. Great day for them to be out and about.

06/04/2022

The new Queen just arrived from Orland California. She shipped out via UPS yesterday and she is here today. Marked with a yellow dot, she will be the queen of the new colony established from the split of our "Monster Hive". We might even have to do another split of the "Monster" as big as it is.

18/03/2022

Feeding and a quick hive inspection tonight. Watch for 5:56 on the second video to see this hives queen.

14/03/2022

Its been a pretty good winter as the Bee's survived this year. One of the hives is extremely large so, we will be doing a hive split soon creating another colony with a new queen. Should be a great year for the Bee's.

11/02/2022

Warm enough for some activity from two of our hives today.

09/07/2021

The girls are chilling on their front porch on a beautiful evening.

03/06/2021

On Monday we extracted 5 gallons of Honey from our 2020 season. Running it through the strainer to make sure all the wax capings are gone. We will be bottling soon. Stay tuned.

31/05/2021

Had a few frames of honey from 2020 that we froze. We harvested those frames today to make some room in the freezer. Put the frames in the yard for the girls to clean up. This little girl was checking me out while I was taking her picture. Lol

21/05/2021

19/05/2021

These girls have adjusted well and are really working. Two of the strongest hives we have had in the last 3 years.

12/05/2021

So it's Bee Season 2021. We lost a couple of hives over the winter due to a little mite called the Varroa Mite. Its kind of like a tick would be for a human, only deadly to the Bee's. So I installed two new hives today and started their feeding of sugar syrup as the build up the colony. Both hives seem strong with healthy Queens. Here is a video and a couple photos..

11/02/2021

Wont Bee long now. Spring time is coming!!!!🐝

19/11/2020

Found some racoon p**p near our hives on Tuesday. This guy showed up lastnight. Now to discourage future visits while protecting our bees and the racoon.

12/11/2020

All ready for winter. Candy boards and moisture control installed. "See you next spring girls"!