Finally made it to my outyard today. 93F and toasty.
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Checked all hives for eggs (queen check) and how much space they needed. The eve hive looked like it swarmed but it did rake in alot of honey.
Archive for June, 2010
One Cooler, scratch an owlbox and the big swarm.
2010
06.09
06.09
Well, the massive swarm absconded. I did everything right but put in a frame of brood to anchor them down. However, the TBH nuc and Lang nucs are doing well. I saw queen cells in the TBH nuc.
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Busy weekend. On friday my French collegue, Frank, and I recovered a hive in an owlbox. Unfortunately, somewhere between removing it off the tree and the transport home, the combs collapsed and the hive died.
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Yesterday, Frank and I went out to Manor Texas and recovered a hive in a upside down cooler. Very nice & easy recovery, slipped a window screen underneath and lifted the cooler up by the handles while holding the window screen in place. QUite heavy, I think they have great stores.
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Bertil tells me that my hive at his estate is no longer taking sugar water, so honeyflow is now on in North central Austin.
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Hive count: 11?
