August 1st Hive Inspection, Getting Ready for Winter!
It is still pushing 100 degrees during the day here in Twin Falls, Kirk walks through a hive inspection and […]
It is still pushing 100 degrees during the day here in Twin Falls, Kirk walks through a hive inspection and […]
Varroa is enemy number one! Kirk discusses the what, why, and when of our successful mite treatment program!
Kirk walks through the biology of what is going on in the fall and what will need to be done
This short clip walks through one of the common causes of a hive that fails to grow and seems extra
Two plants that bloom in late July and really help the bees out,. Nectar and pollen flows can really vary
Checking on the hives started on Bee day the end of April.
Our 10 year old spotted a swarm in a tree and he tells a little about it and how to
Sometimes something happens to the queen, generally the bees raise a new one and it isn’t. This shows you what
This video shows what bearding looks like. During warm weather bees will often beard on the outside of the hive,
Hive check on new packages hived on Bee Day this year. They went into boxes with drawn comb. Nectar flows
We can’t stress enough that hive inspections should be about looking for evidence of a queen, not about finding the
Our general rule is that you add another box when the colony is covering 60-80 percent of the frames in