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Adventures in Beekeeping
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Defending the hive...

9/15/2019

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When inspecting a frame last week I came across the girls taking out an unwanted guest! I took a video of it, but fat fingers on the phone led to a video fail, though I did get this photo! Sometimes it gets repetitive inspecting frame after frame and it is interesting to see something different (even if not that unusual). 
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2nd Story Exterior Cutout

9/6/2019

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This was an interesting cutout I completed on a three-story building, so I completed the work in a cherry picker.  Not wanting to go up and down, I had a lot of equipment with me - the bee vacuum, plenty of hive bodies, frames for placing comb, buckets for discarded comb, etc.  I had quite an audience for a while of construction workers and people walking by.  The contractor I did the work for had contemplated doing the cutout himself and after seeing the work done he said "No way, no how, no sir!" - he is not a beekeeper...  The hive was (is) beautiful, with tons of brood, honey, and pollen.  No evidence of small hive beetles.  The space had bees removed in previous years by others, but I think they left a lot of old comb.  The wood showed evidence of a pretty decent wax moth infestation. The colony was relocated and doing great, with a very productive queen.  ​​
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    Don Cole

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