It’s been an extremely busy, but great beekeeping season. The JQ bee colonies came out of winter with better survival rates than expected. This kick started our spring splitting program. All strong hives were split at least once with some hives being split multiple times. The new hives were equipped with fresh 2025 queens to […]
Every spring as a queen bee increases her rate of laying and a hive becomes overcrowded, a colony will attempt to swarm as a natural way to propagate. They will begin by creating a new queen which will take the place of the old queen as she departs with a portion of the bees to
Warmer and longer days mean spring time is here. The queens are happy about this, they have increased their laying which expand our colony populations! Spring time also means treatments to ensure a nice and healthy season ahead.
It was warm enough today for the ladies to take some cleansing flights! As the older bees die through the winter, when the temperatures are warm enough the younger bees will drag out the dead to keep the inside clean