Moonshine drink.

http://www.lovelesscafe.com/recipes/bee-sting-moonshine-cocktail/?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=bufferc22e9&utm_medium=twitter

Concerned

Feeling disgusted that while I checked hives on Friday I unwrapped them all except for their top. Saturday it was mid. 80s. Currently there is snow on the ground with a 16 degree windchill. Never underestimate the time of year and weather. This could end up disastrous. It's now out of my hands.

4-11-14 Visit

The boys and I visited the bees on Friday and did quite a bit of work. All were supplemented and I observed all hives had brood. Yeah! Just a couple more weeks and we'll be out of harm of the cold temps. It was breezy and upper 70's.

We switched around the top super to bottom and bottom to top an all hives. Our next big event will be moving to summer/fall locations and then soon we'll be installing some new packaged bees. All photos courtesy of Jackson Ruhaak. Jackson did suit up, however we didn't get photos of him in suit but he seems to have lost his fear of his first sting last summer. Alex helps out but is very tentative with the thousands of bees he helps manage.

Nice grouping of brood.

Ready to manage.

Alex pointing at another insect on his veil.

Visit 4-5-14

4-5-14

Visit to the colonies on a fine 63 degree day. Light wind. Numbers seem ok. A couple of the colonies were down deep on bottom super. Hoping they are getting busy with lots of new brood. Will soon switch supers to help with their growth and upward expansion. All ready with new boxes and am getting excited about some new installs. See video and photos for current look at our bees.
http://youtu.be/0obJioY4HX4

Busy with pollen stores. Of course they stopped for some of their delicious nutritious honey that I had left for them at the entrance.

This is titled knee deep in thoraxes and abdomens.