Jun 15, 2020
2:27:44pm
2:27:44pm
the colony from me took each of the five frames and made a split (a new colony), so five new colonies from one. One with the current queen (that appeared to be a prodigious layer) plus four additional queens he purchased. He was an interesting guy. Currently he pressure washes in his own business, but he is expanding his beekpeeing like crazy and plans to go full time in a couple of years.
Totals for the year:
Started with 6
Caught 21 Swarms
Sold 12 Swarms
Lost 2 (one of my six lost the queen and died early spring and one swarm absconded)
Euthanized 1 (totally aggressive colony)
combined 3
added 1 to my previous six to get seven
We might get a call or two this month. Here's the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3H-eUHS5vs
Totals for the year:
Started with 6
Caught 21 Swarms
Sold 12 Swarms
Lost 2 (one of my six lost the queen and died early spring and one swarm absconded)
Euthanized 1 (totally aggressive colony)
combined 3
added 1 to my previous six to get seven
We might get a call or two this month. Here's the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3H-eUHS5vs
Originally posted on Jun 15, 2020 at 2:27:44pm
Message modified by Acorn on Jun 15, 2020 at 2:28:47pm
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