Summer Time is upon us, even if the Summer Solstice is a week or two away yet….afternoon highs near 90 degrees F, and humidity
\nto match. Makes it a REAL<\/i> joy to don the bunny suit and go out into the bee yard. <\/p>\n
The hives are doing fairly well, and, I should be putting a
\nsuper on a couple of them that are getting tight this weekend.
The two packages I added to the mix a couple of weeks ago are doing well, and rapidly drawing out more comb. <\/p>\n
Speaking of supers, I want to put in a quick plug here for Kelley Bee Supply<\/a> over in Kentucky. I needed some supers to PUT In short, they are great folks who provide excellent customer service, fair prices for good quality products, and REALLY quick shipping<\/p>\n More later
on the hives, so, since I did not have time to make them all from rough stock, I decided to order one of their “medium super kits”, and a box of foundation. Shipping was a bit more than I expected, but, that is not their problem…just one of the many complications of
the current reality. Bottom line is that for about $35\/super, I got five medium supers, with frames and foundation. Now, I did have
to spend a few hours putting the parts together, but, it was actually a fairly relaxing time. It was a rainy day, so there i was, in a
steel-roofed shed, gluing and nailing together a bunch of very accurately cut pieces, while listening to classical music on the
local PBS station (WUOT<\/a>). Everything fit perfectly, the wood was of good quality (and I did not get the expensive, “commercial”
kit), and, there were all the parts I needed. They even had one extra frame end in there, in case one broke…<\/p>\n
dave<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"