New Bees

.30WCF · May 17, 2020, 04:07:21 PM

This is my first attempt with bees. The girls love working on this with me, and they have become my hive inspection photographers.
I started out with a couple hive kits and we built them and painted.
I made a tool box out of some scraps I had around.

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van from Arkansas · May 17, 2020, 04:24:09 PM

Welcome, always good to participate with the kids.

Van

.30WCF · May 17, 2020, 04:43:15 PM

I got two nucs and put them in the new boxes and marked the queens so I can pick them out.

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.30WCF · May 17, 2020, 04:46:48 PM

Both hives have feeders on them to help get established. After about two weeks I added a new medium to one hive. That queen is booming.

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Seeb · May 17, 2020, 05:08:53 PM

Beautiful

iddee · May 17, 2020, 05:26:10 PM

Beautiful ladies, OH!, and nice bees, too.

Lounge chair is too far away. Should be the 6 feet social distance.

Welcome, good beginning posts. Hope to see many more.

van from Arkansas · May 17, 2020, 05:39:11 PM

Entrance reducers, hives different colors, feeding, beautiful marked queen,,,your a newbie???? You did everything correct, very good.

Van

.30WCF · May 17, 2020, 06:26:05 PM

Thanks all.
I will keep posting my progress and questions here.
Let me know if you see something I need to address.

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BeeMaster2 · May 17, 2020, 06:26:39 PM

Welcome to Beemaster.
Another §¤«£¿æ. 😁
Looks like you are off to a great start.
Jim Altmiller

The15thMember · May 17, 2020, 06:35:08 PM

Beautiful hives! Your girls did such a great job!

Nock · May 17, 2020, 11:27:38 PM

Welcome. Looking good.

.30WCF · May 17, 2020, 11:37:32 PM

I made a tool to help get the eyelets in the frames. It is just a wooden drawer pull, roll pin and a nail.

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dingrr · May 18, 2020, 01:55:56 AM

Fantastic! I'm studying this year and hope to follow in your footsteps next spring. Keep the photos coming.

Seeb · May 18, 2020, 10:15:40 AM

I made a tool to help get the eyelets in the frames

Looks like we are going to learn a lot from you, welcome

.30WCF · May 18, 2020, 10:16:31 AM

Surely not. Maybe from my mistakes.

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cao · May 18, 2020, 11:24:10 AM

welcome

Seeb · May 18, 2020, 11:29:13 AM

Surely not. Maybe from my mistakes.

Ha! better your's than our's . . . mistakes are the best teachers

.30WCF · May 18, 2020, 04:44:44 PM

https://youtu.be/afjhDDYz5EI

.30WCF · May 18, 2020, 05:06:19 PM

https://youtu.be/o9noUq5ebAU

.30WCF · May 18, 2020, 05:09:39 PM

Sorry, I?m having technical difficulties. I guess I can?t embed videos here.

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