Tag: honey robbing
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#013 All my Single Ladies – Independent!
Arriving at the hive, I was originally worried that I might find a colony starved of all it’s honey, especially if more robbing went on during the week that passed. But, oh no! Not these ladies! I cannot express my pride in my (sweet) small colony being able to ward off the bullies time and […]
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#012 Battleground
It only struck me during this inspection how much information I can deduce, just by observing the hive entrance. The activity at the entrance of a hive speaks a thousand words about its health and population and betrays weaknesses and threats. It is extremely difficult for me to explain in words the differences between entrance […]
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#010 Building up the Defense
I had originally planned this inspection for Tuesday, only to realise, no smoke and no boots was a really bad idea, given the latest mood exhibits of my bees, so I conducted it on Thursday instead. Everything was in order, including the latest stars of the season: the wasps. As predicted, the ratio of honey […]