Shady Lane BeesNot much to write lately. The bees are well fed and snug in their bed (boxes) for a long winter’s nap (not really, they don’t …
Whidbey Bees Orientation Flights
Bee-ing A Bit Bee-hind
Last year we started harvesting honey about July 5th – this year, we’re behind. Like last year, the blackberries bloomed early but this year, after …
Removing Honey Bees From A Tree
Had fun but worn out helping a fellow beekeeper remove bees from a tree today. Owner of the property had an excavator removing trees when …
Candling A Queen Cell
Last queen of the batch ..just wanted to make sure she’s viable and sure enough, she’s moving around and it looks like she’s trying to …
Whidbey Queens Emerged
A few pictures of the queens from batch QR6. These emerged on 5/10 and most will be placed into mating nucs today and tomorrow. These …
A Few Good Queens
Snapped a few pictures of some newly emerged virgin queens. Most of these have been distributed to others or to some of my hives. I …
Grafting Larva To Rear Queens
How do you rear queens? When a queen lays and egg, about 4 days it hatches in and is now a larva. We take a …
Introducing Virgin Queens
Introducing virgin queen is a really simple process. In agriculture, things sometimes don’t go as planned but if you follow these instructions, your chances for …
Introducing Queen Cells
Introducing a queen cell is a really simple process. Even easier than introducing mated or virgin queens. These instructions apply to all queen cells – …