Ken’s honeybees are an endless source of questions and wonderment. He enjoys working with them and checking on them from time to time to see how the hives are doing. Are they strong? Are they too strong? Will they swarm? What are they eating? Will we get honey this year? How do we keep other bees from stealing the honey? There are more questions than answers. One friend said while you need to keep an eye on them, there is so much time when you are not watching and who knows what is happening then.
Ken ‘smokes’ the bees as he opens the hives
Smoking calms the bees
Pulling a frame from a hive as a bee watches
These are new hives this year
The bees are making brood and storing food
Ken points out a possible queen cell to the neighbors and their golden retrievers
Many frames are not yet filled. It is early in the season
There’s some honey! We got to taste it.
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