My son and I recently paid a visit my friend Paul to check out how his bees were doing and see if he needed any assistance with his bees. Paul...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Oh Sweet Honey!
I decided to check on the swarm hive that I captured recently to see how they were as I had added a honey super. I noticed that the bees were...
Bee Chronicles by Alan – Swarm Hive
I caught the swarm a week ago and was previously unable to find the old queen to replace her with a new queen. I went to find the old queen...
Alan’s Vinegar & Sugar Syrup Recipe for Bees
After about a month of testing a vinegar and sugar syrup for feeding my bees, I have made some revisions to my formula. I noticed that if I added too...
Bee Chronicles by Alan – Supersedure
One week after I added my second deep super to both hives I wanted to check to see if they had moved up and cleaned up some of the frames...
Bee Chronicles by Alan – Catching a Swarm
My wife Kelly and I got a text from friends of ours, Jason and Ann, who have a 5 acre farm near the river where we live. They reported seeing...
Bee Chronicles by Alan – Packaged Bee Hive
If you remember last week (one week after I added the 2nd Deep Super) the queen had laid in 3 frames. This week I checked and basically all of the...
Bee Chronicles by Alan – Last Year’s Hive
Two weeks after the second story had been added the queen is clearly busy at work as 5 frames are fully laid with eggs and two frames are full of...
Bee Chronicles by Alan – Adding Supers and Frames
Brood Chamber getting bigger - both of my hives are ready for their 2nd brood chamber. The bees have filled up 90% of the lower brood chamber with brood or...
Bee Chronicles by Alan – Checking for Egg Laying
Vice President Alan Turanski reports on his bees progress. My hive from last year is going to have 3 frames of brood hatch soon which should help increase the population...
Bee Chronicles by Alan — Installation of New Bees
Vice President Alan Turanski of GloryBee Foods checked on his package of bees that were installed in their new home along with their new Queen Bee after GloryBee's annual Bee...