Q7 was started on Sunday, July 26th, 2015. I used the same nurse hive as for Q4 and Q6 at the farm: bottom deep with open brood, queen and foragers. On that a queen excluder and the cloak board. On that the second deep with capped brood (about 4 frames […]
I set up the same nurse hive that was at the farm and was used for Q4 with the cloak board. I had learned at the MSBA meeting this summer to be sure to put only capped brood in the box above the queen excluder and to shake all the […]
On Sunday June 28, Kristien set up the colony at the farm with the cloak board. Special attention was paid to have only capped brood in the cell finishing box and make sure all the open brood was in the bottom box. On June 30th, we met a Kristien’s and […]
On May 31st we met at Allen’s outyard, selected our queen rearing colony and set it up with the cloak board. On June 3rd, we grafted from the tailgate of Allen’s truck. Allen practiced on 5 cups and grafted 5 cups, Kristien grafted 15 and Liz grafted 10 […]
Q4 started a few days ago on the Garst Farm with the installation of the cloak board and the move of open brood to the topbox. Today, Liz and I rotated the hive 180 degrees so that the original opening is in the back (but still open). The queen is […]
