Weather: Sunny, high 60′s, hardly any wind
Today we woke up and the first thing we did was digging up the old lavender shrubs along the patio stone stairway and planted the new lavender plants Jim purchased over the past few weeks from the farmers market. He placed them perfectly and we’re making it a point to trim off the ends to prevent them from getting woody. We decided to plant the old lavender plants that were dug up and create a row of lavender plants by the bee hives.
This afternoon we decided to put the honey super on the Alpha hive. Jim read that we shouldn’t put on the queen excluder in order for the worker bees to begin building comb. At some point next weekend we’ll see if we should put the queen excluder on.
Each of the hives were busy this afternoon. One point that Jim and I noticed was that hive B wasn’t as active as the other 2 hives. We believe the reason was because the hive faced North and it took a while for the sun to reach the entrance; giving them the go-ahead to begin foraging.
Lastly, we also heard odd tapping noises, similar to the tapping noise a moth makes when it hits a lighbulb, coming from hive C. Upon getting closer we heard it was at the bottom of the hive. It could have to do with some bees being trapped below the pollen trap since there’s an opening there. Next week we’ll open the hive to check that everything is in order.
This afternoon we decided to put the honey super on the Alpha hive. Jim read that we shouldn’t put on the queen excluder in order for the worker bees to begin building comb. At some point next weekend we’ll see if we should put the queen excluder on.
Each of the hives were busy this afternoon. One point that Jim and I noticed was that hive B wasn’t as active as the other 2 hives. We believe the reason was because the hive faced North and it took a while for the sun to reach the entrance; giving them the go-ahead to begin foraging.
Lastly, we also heard odd tapping noises, similar to the tapping noise a moth makes when it hits a lighbulb, coming from hive C. Upon getting closer we heard it was at the bottom of the hive. It could have to do with some bees being trapped below the pollen trap since there’s an opening there. Next week we’ll open the hive to check that everything is in order.
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