Our first year in the wonderful world of beekeeping
April-March 2009 – Read a lot about bees and beekeeping, ordered hives and other equipment
March 2009- Prepared our backyard for beehives: planning, construction, landscaping, gardening
April – Received our order, painted the hives, inserted wax foundation into frames, read more
May 5 2009 – 2 X 3Lb packages of carniolian bees have been shipped to us from California (overnight UPS) from Noble Apiaries
May 6 2009 – Installation of our bee packages – Photos of step by step process with comments
Daily after – Feeding our bees with sugar 1:1 syrup + Honey-B-Healthy
May 11 2009 – Removing empty queen cages – Photos with Comments
May 16 2009 – First Full Hive inspection – Photos with Comments | Close-up photos of the bees
May 21 2009 – Second Hive Inspection (checking for verroa mites)
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