The sunflowers have finally bloomed!
August 14
Today the Flow Frames were set aside after extracting the remainder of the honey - another 10kg+. Our total yield from this one producing hive was 33.55kg (74lbs). All I can say is WOW! It has certainly been a very good summer for honey. Thanks to the bees for all their work. Now it’s time to add Varroa mite medication and, even though there are still flowers, we’ll start providing the bees with a steady supply of sugar water to aid in the production of their winter stores. When it gets cold we’ll add an insulating wrap and a wind tarp on the north/west fence wire.
This is the Flow Hive with the flow frames removed. The bees still in the box that held the frames will gradually move back into the hive and then the empty box will be used to house the sugar water dispenser (an inverted 2 quart jar with tiny holes in the lid) until it’s no longer needed. The 2 remaining bee boxes need to weigh about 70lbs each (bees and honey) to maintain the hive during the winter. Less and starvation can result.
Smoking the bees to settle them so that the Varroa mite medication strips can be inserted.
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