It turns out that this has been a spectacular year to start beekeeping. After having added the first super, i was disappointed that the bees didn't seem to be moving up into it. There was very little wax being put down, and I was afraid that they had slowed down. But recently there has been steady progress, and then suddenly they had 7 frames drawn out with nectar already in it. So I put together two more supers and put the second one on today!
I'm so proud of the girls. It's not even August yet, and they've nearly filled their first super. We're gonna have honey this year for sure. I can only imagine how many supers they'd have filled if they hadn't spent so much energy producing all that honeycomb.
They have gotten pretty aggressive because the hive has so much honey in it. I got stung and swarmed a few days ago trying to clean up all the cross comb. I didn't realize it, but my sweatshirt had probably 20 stingers in it, which was why i was getting swarmed. And I had one get up under my veil. I didn't feel her until she was crawling up my neck onto my cheek. I immediately got away from the hive but ended up getting stung right in front of my ear. Lucky for me, there wasn't much skin there to swell. So I've learned to keep my veil tighter . . . and smoke the little buggers.
I'm so proud of the girls. It's not even August yet, and they've nearly filled their first super. We're gonna have honey this year for sure. I can only imagine how many supers they'd have filled if they hadn't spent so much energy producing all that honeycomb.
They have gotten pretty aggressive because the hive has so much honey in it. I got stung and swarmed a few days ago trying to clean up all the cross comb. I didn't realize it, but my sweatshirt had probably 20 stingers in it, which was why i was getting swarmed. And I had one get up under my veil. I didn't feel her until she was crawling up my neck onto my cheek. I immediately got away from the hive but ended up getting stung right in front of my ear. Lucky for me, there wasn't much skin there to swell. So I've learned to keep my veil tighter . . . and smoke the little buggers.
