Beekeeping 201

Beekeeping is a Science-Based Art!

This is One Example of Undesirable Burr- Comb

Proverbs 24:13

“Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.”

Proverbs 25:16

“If you find honey, eat just enough - too much of it, and you will vomit.

Location, Location, Location!!!

Having your hive(s) near natural bodies of water is best!! Otherwise, keep a container of water with natural, organic materials in it such as rocks, moss, branches, etc. for the bees to land on. If they can’t get out of the water they will drown.

Swarm Cell or Supercedure Cell. This is a very good example of the beginning of a swarm cell! Notice the opening is pointing downward. Provided your queen is laying well and you know for certain she is in the hive, you will destroy any queen cells in the hive.

Queen larvae floating on royal jelly in opened queen cups laid on top of wax comb.

Older queen larvae in a capped queen cell (pupa stage)

Capped queen cell opened to show queen pupa (with darkening

Notice the queen is head-down and will be born by chewing the bottom of the cell open and crawling out.

Birth of a queen bee

Dan Cogan – Buttoning up the hive after a thorough hive check in Fall of 2011, Cogan Homestead

When your hive check is complete, be sure to check the top inner cover to ensure you have put it on correctly, pulling the telescoping cover forward to allow the ample space for ventilation and bee movement out the front hole.

Daniel Cogan, Fall 2011.

Beekeeping in the boondocks on Cogan Homestead, Haystack Mountain.

Dan Cogan doing a regular hive check in 2011.

Fall Hive Check

Notice the frame holder loaded with live frames

Top Bar Hive

A home made design for top bar hives

This is a two jar feeder for top bar hives.

Your top bar hive should look like this around harvest time!

Top Bar Comb

Foundation-free honeycomb!

“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: “ Ecclesiastes 4:9

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