Jackass master
Old and worn out
Yesterday we split our hive and found that it was way overloaded so we added another super to it. Had a good amount with some queen cells transferred to another hive. Today when the wife went to check them she found a swarm on the ground. While we were attempting to gather them into another hive I noticed there were a ton of bees on a nearby small tree. We set to work gathering them and once the queen was in the new hive they marched on in. We semi blocked the opening with some grass we pulled and left them be for a while. When we went back right before noon there was a huge bunch of bees on the ground so we set a hive without the bottom over it. While doing that one of the little bastards stung me on top of my head. Shame on me for not wearing my suit because it was so hot. We decided to go check the bait hives I put up last week and the one for sure has bees going in and out of it. The other one either has some scouts checking it out or they are robbing some of the honey we put in each one. At that point we decided since it was hot and we need foundation material we would drive down to the beekeeping supply house and get some items. Bought a hard hat and veil for the hot days and some queen phernome for the other bait hives. If it works out we should end up with at least 4 hives and I am going to Ohio next week to get 4 more packages of bees which will take us to 8 hives total. We have a lot of work to do to increase the size of the bee yard before then. I want a gate I can drive the skid steer in through as the honey is heavy as hell. We will put 6 strands of electrified high tensile on the outside and 4 more inside. This is a pic of what the bear did to a local guys hives last weekend. They need to get hit hard or they can destroy a lot of work and money real quick.
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