I went to see how the bees were coming along the other day. What did I find? Nothing, no bees, no brood, no stores …no sign of them replacing the queen, a completely empty hive. The problem is that because my hives were wiped out last winter I could only summon one colony. I was [...]
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Beeless again
Posted in beekeeping, self sufficiency, tagged bees, CCD, hive on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An update on the bees!
Posted in beekeeping, self sufficiency, tagged beekeeping, bees, CCD, Colony Collapse Disorder, European hornet, self sufficiency, self sufficiency/green on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, the last colony just dwindled to nothing. The queen seemed to dissapear into thin air and the numbers dropped rapidly.
The last few months have been very depressing, after a great deal of effort I now have 1 very small colony, consisting of 3 frames!
I currently have them in a nuc and fed them today [...]