I wanted to write a quick update from my harvest post one week ago today. The following three days after the harvest were the hottest my state has recorded. In fact there was one day where the top 10 hottest places on the planet were all in New South Wales – the state where Katoomba is. The bees were bearding nearly non stop. The other thing that happened after I drained one fifth of the middle frame was…
I work from home on Friday’s. So this Friday I decided after much contemplation, research, panic, and inspection I decided to harvest my first honey from the Flow Hive and my bees. Essentially I am robbing the bees of their food. 🙁 There is a 3 day heat wave here, – getting up into late 30’s near 40. Insanely hot. My first concern is for my bees so I decided to trial a…
Oh my. Finally, almost a year to the day when I first received my nuc and set up my flow hive – I’ve done an inspection and there are frames of capped honey. (pictures below). Luscious white capped cells of honey. For so long I’ve been waiting to do an inspection and find capped honey. I was almost beginning to worry the poor girls where incapable, and worried about what they were going to feed on over…