Here are some recent pictures. I’ve been negligent posting here while making last minute preparations for the nectar flow.
Pictured above are new hive stands built for queen mating boxes, a Varroa mite alcohol wash jar, Varroa Mite Assessment Vehicle with treatment gear, a shaker box for separating queen from nurse bees, an Oxalic acid treatment sublimator, and a swarm bait hive I hung a few days ago. Not pictured is a nice swarm capture bucket I have mounted on a 23 foot painter’s extension pole.
It’s been busy but through the years I have learned that one either prepares before the nectar flow begins or one stays behind the entire spring. Nature does not wait for the procrastinator.
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We still have a month or so before we make the transition to spring prep. Love your bait box!
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Thanks for the comment. Most years I need that month you still have. This year I think I’m ready. Or at least I think so. š Good luck in your preparations. p.s. It looks like we have our first reported swarm on our local discussion group. Oh my, it HAS started!
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