Tag: hive report
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Hive report 6/16/26: State Apiary Inspector edition
After my visit to the cemetery bees on Friday, I was pretty alarmed at what I saw in the south hive. I looked up who the state apiary inspector is for my county and emailed him with my concerns, along with a couple pictures of pupae I’d poked out of a cell to check for…
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Hive report 6/12/26
Last week I’d peeked in the top of the north hive and realized the honey super was almost full! I added another super a week ago with wax foundation, and that is almost all drawn out. The south hive is rough. I emailed the bee inspector for my county to take a look. I saw…
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Hive report 5/15/26
Two main observations of note: I saw the queen in the south hive. I did not see signs that this colony requeened after I gave them a new frame of brood. She’s still in there laying, but I still saw one or two cells with 2-3 eggs in them and a few that were off…
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Hive report 5/3/26
This afternoon I had a ticket to see the poet Kate Baer in conversation with some of my favorite booksellers at a bakery downtown. Since I’d already made it clear to my family that I’d be leaving for a few hours, I decided to tack on a little visit to the cemetery apiary after getting…
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Hive report 4/23/26
South Hive I was really curious to see what was going on in here, since I’d seen a queen on 4/12, but not many eggs. There were more bees than I saw at the last inspection, and they were covering more frames. Here’s what else I noticed North Hive I was so curious to see…
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Hive Report 4/12/26
I didn’t take any photos at this inspection, but I tried a new thing where I set up my phone camera and dictated what was happening while recording a video. It’s really hard to manipulate my phone for photos and voice memos while I’m wearing bee gloves. Maybe when I’m more experienced and switch to…