Hive Tracks

Hive Tracks
 Here is a link to a free record keeping program.  This is a web base program and is a great tool for all beekeepers, from beeginers like me to the more experienced beekeepers aka not me!!
This program offers you to track every aspect of your hive.  

Brushy Mountian Bee Farm web site has two webinars on this website.  Check it out under resources.

Trap Set

Got one of my traps set today. I placed it behind the house.  Just to see if I could get anything around here.  I hope this Sunday I will be able to go to my Uncle Bills and set the other trap.  I bought some temporary nucs so when I get a swarm I will transfer them to the nucs.  16 more days till my packaged bees come in!!!  So excited about getting them.

Catching a Swarm

Well I got permission to set a swarm box out over at my Uncles house.  Going this week to get Pheromone and a swarm trap.  These bees have been in a old milk pallor for the longest time.  I know they have been there before I was born, which is over 30 years. 

This is a good sign that they are resistant to disease and mites.  This also means they produce very good queens. 

I plan on either giving the swarm to my other Uncle that has a Top Bar Hive, if he doesn't have an bees in his hive already or keeping them for myself and trying to produce a few queens from these bees. I would love to try some of these bees. 

Keeping my fingers crossed and hope they swarm!!

Almost here!

Less than a month away from getting my bees.  Brushy Mountain Bee Farm is serving breakfast and doing a Demo on our pick up date.  So my dad and I are going to that on April the 9th!! 

Buying the bees!

Well going in the morning to purchase my bees for this year!  I will be buying them from Brushy Mountain Bee Farm, located in Wilkesboro, NC.  I will be buying 2 hives for my new hive boxes.