Earlier this month (2.10) we had our first grafting day of 2020.  Since its still so early in the season we really did this to test out the consistency of our new still air incubator versus grow the apiary.  We grafted 36 Larvae into our starter hive and ended up...

Drone comb everywhere on 1/2/2020 in Jacksonville florida.

Yesterday August 12th was a new one for me!  I was home around 3pm when i noticed LOTS of activity outside of a NUC with a virgin queen.  I was excited since it was Most likely her returning from her mating flight, but the activity didn’t slow down.  Slowly there...

here’s a story for you.... During an inspection early this spring,  I came across a newly split colony with a poorly mates queen.  So, like the rules depict, I proceeded to locate and pinch the queen.  The problem however, was the queen took flight before I could pick her up...