Preparing For Winter

Winter time is close and the bees are beginning to prepare to winter over (for our second winter).

New brood (or baby bees) are hatching!  Which is an amazing site to see!  Little heads chewing their way out!



We have lost a hive this season.  It looks like Colony Collapse Disorder.  The hive appeared strong, and then all of a sudden the entire hive had disappeared.  Very sad.  However, we transferred the captured swarm from the spring to the CCD hive (that was in the  nuc before).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are looking forward to the spring.  As of now, we hope to have all 4 hives winter over successfully.

We are also looking foward to the release of the documentry More Than Honey.

http://www.ciber.science.uwa.edu.au/blog/