Month: maj 2014

The weekend was also spend cleaning the rest of the equipment for the coming season. Everything was scraped clean the best I could and then sprayed with Virkon S. Then I just left the stuff in the garden to dry. I had 10 frames from when I got my bee family last year, that I could not send for melting since I do not know the origin of the wax (I only send pesticide free wax for melting). Instead I decided to burn them – and roast marshmallows with Julius. I know that bees wax is used for candles but still I had no idea that they would burn so […]

I did a check on the hive the 24/4 and then again today, the 5/5. The 24th I added an extra box for the bees to expand the family. Today  when I checked up on the hive the second box was quite heavy and all frames were full. Amazing that it is done in just over a week. I have now given up weighing the hive – it is simply too heavy for my suitcase scale. Furthermore I have added the drone frame, and the 24th two compartment were almost built. Today, the cells were almost full of drone breeding. For some reason the middle compartment was untouched? I cut […]