Wednesday, March 22, 2006

What do your hives look like?


We have been working and feeding our hives all winter it seems like. Some of our hives have done well and others just couldn't make it; much like everyone across the US. We barrel feed and it makes it alot easier, with the way my husband set up his truck to fill barrels it takes 35 seconds to fill a barrel, he has to hold on tight or does fire hose ring a bell. We have some strong hives that have good brood patterns as you can tell in some of these pictures. Click on the picture to make it larger. Can you see the uncapped brood, larvae and eggs all in different stages. We are trying to make splits and get ready for 200 new Italian Queens we have coming but the weather doesn't want to cooperate. It is suppose to snow tonight, March 22, it is officially Spring, I wish someone would inform mother nature!