Sunday, July 12, 2015

Outside of hives just before honey harvest

Just had a chance to take some pictures of the outside of these hives.  I was pulling honey this weekend but the camera I use to photograph the inside of hives wasn't working.  I did extract 72 pounds of honey with the tallest North hive (on the right) providing most of it.
The South hive entrance is busy with lots of bees in the air.
The middle hive entrance is also quite busy.
The North hive also has lots of bees coming and going.  This has been my largest hive all year.
The nucleus hive that I have tried to start just recently was active with bees coming and going.  I put the grass in the entrance as a way of helping the bees orient themselves to a new hive.