The Ecology of the Honey Bee: Spring Nectar Flow

 

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The Hive is a dynamic living single organism made of up many parts. An ancient part of Gaia’s biosphere, they help multiply Gaia’s bounty through their tireless efforts…

Our most active Hive

 

We periodically open the hives for inspection to look for signs of trouble… 

Careful and Quiet Action

 

Queens in waiting…

 

New Royalty

 

A little sugar water and the bees forget about the big slow primates…

 

Looks OK

 

Lots and lots of very active bees and the supers are full of honey…

 

A Long Held Goal & One Shard of
a Dream Remembered...

 

The Honey Bees at Oak Knoll Farm:

Brother Adam's Buckfast Bee from Jolly Old England

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Follow the progress of our introduction of the Buckfast Bee at Oak Knoll Farm.

Setting the Frame coming soon on our YT Channel

 

Nuclear Hives in the Bee Yard

 

Gentle and productive, the Buckfast Bee...

 

A Healthy Start

 

Brood and Nurse Bees and a Queen...

 

Into the New Home

 

Transfer from the Queening NUC or Nuclear Hive...

 

Transferring the Frames

 

We Like the 5 Frame Hive...To me it more closely emulates what the Bees

have in their natural habitat, a hollow log...

 

In the Bee Yard at Oak Knoll Farm

 

The 5 Frame Hive certainly has vigorous  inhabitants & the 5 Frames are easier to manage...We use a couple of fence posts for stability...