I put the oxalic acid pads in the hives today. Each hive gets 50 grams of oxalic acid that is mixed with 50 grams of glycerin. The glycerin is heated to LESS than 170F/76C before the oxalic acid is mixed in and then the Swedish dishcloths are cut in half and soaked in the mixture.

This was the Center hive that has the most bees.

No stings, no drama, no surprises.

There's a lot of pollen going into the hives today. Seems to be yellow and that cream or buff colored cedar/arborvitae pollen. I currently have violas/violets on the ground blooming but they're not busy there but It seems there's yellow pollen flowers somewhere that are big enough to cover a bee with pollen.

I've made considerable progress on my apiary (bee yard) today. They are completely level and spaced good for working on them. We also planted 12 raspberry starts of 3 or 4 different varieties. Along with the shopping it was a productive day. I need to run to Isabees bee supplies and get a bottle of Honey-B-Healthy supplements and I'll have everything but the bees.

How is everyone else doing?

Have a wonderful evening!

Apiary, Isaac Levitan

Coming up on the Spring Equinox and this feels a little like spring or early summer to me. Around here where I am, Winter hasn't given up, there are still some cold windy days.

Bees are so important, we gotta stop using those pesticides that are good for the wallet and bad for the bees and the butterflies. Thank you, bees and butterflies, we love you.

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Barely warm enough for the bees to be out but they've found some pink and cream colored pollen somewhere show here in the video. I also saw some sorta bright red pollen too.

The video is half speed.

Put a feeder on my Center hive yesterday with 2:1 syrup. Less than 20 hours and more than a third appears to be gone. This was the high population hive that felt light. Consecutive rainy days forecast and not much to forage on.

Pelattiin puolison kanssa erä Apiarya. Onpas kyllä hauska peli! Voisin harkita, että ostaisin itsellenikin tämän. Voitin yhdellä pisteellä

Uusi lautapeli testiin!

The hazels have pollen today and it warmed up enough for the bees to find it.

Bees are bringing in dark yellow pollen today. No hazel pollen and the bees are done with the snowdrops so I'm not sure what they're finding. Tallest daffodil in the warmest spot here is only a few inches sprouted up. Maybe so other kind of early blooming tree around. Whatever it is the bees like it.

This is the "East hive" that has the old queen from the almost 2 years ago swarm. The upper deep box was still heavy so they have plenty of food. No moisture issues from this hive or the "West hive" and it had adequate weight also.

Checked the hives today to verify they had enough food. This is the 'Center hive' and the quilt box was very wet and had a little mold starting to grow in it. I took all the pine shavings out and wiped it down with some tea tree oil soap after I was done checking them. Lots of bees in this hive and I might have to feed it if the weather turns cool or rainy.

A warm sunny day and all 3 hives are active but I don't think there's much out here for them to forage on.

Some slow bees to enjoy at 25% speed.

This is the West hive today. I've seen each of the 3 hives busy now so I think they made it through the winter ok so I'll just have to see how much food they have left one of these days while it's sort of warm. Cooler and wet weather coming they say.

The center bee hive got really busy today for probably less than 30 minutes. It was 50F / 10C when they were flying but the wind was coming up.

Lots of bee poo being deposited on everything including me.