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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: How are your Bees?
« Last post by AustinB on Today at 07:00:50 am »After rolling through the past winters with virtually zero losses, I had some losses this year (about a dozen) about 50% of them were my fault due to some changes in my work schedule and availability that kept me from sufficient winter prep. We had a hard and prolonged cold snap here that was hard on the smaller nucs I was overwintering. That being said my other 30+ colonies are booming. We had an incredible yield of dead nettle this spring, which allowed the bees to buildup early and fast. Autumn olive just started popping a few days ago so its game on now. I'll be putting a 2nd outyard on a new piece of property that abuts a local orchard. My 10 yr old middle son has begun to work colonies and scooping swarms without gloves now, big deal for him Supers are going on, white wax and swarm control. The removals are starting to really pour in now, I have 6 lined up currently. Busy time of year!