The Swarm

Sometime on March 7th or 8th our original hive swarmed. We were able to recapture the swarm and set it up in a new hive. Bees swarm for a reason, usually it’s because they’re our of space. There wasn’t a camera around for photos of this so I have nothing to show. The bees swarmed to a branch about 50 ft away from the hive, about 20 ft up. We moved these bees successfully into a new hive and it looks like they’re staying.

The Inspection

Since our original hive swarmed we were expecting a hive that was full, had no brood and some queen cells. This is exactly what we found. We pulled 7 frames of honey out of this hive and added a honey super to the top. There are now 30 frames.

The Harvest

Sweet, sweet honey!
35 lbs of golden honey.