Urban beekeeping in New Mexico's largest city.
Greetings, We had two hives still active in late January. Both got hit on a warmish week by what I thought were robbers, and both hives didn't make it. Then, we had a swarm 2 weeks ago settle…Continue
Started May 16, 2021
We started the year with 2 top bar hives, that I split into 4. The bees come from natural swarms from the area, and they're prone to laying a lot of brood, which is good. It has been a good year in…Continue
Started Jul 10, 2019
Well, I've run out of sunflower heads and stalks from my yard I've used for smoker fuel. There's a good crop coming in this year, so I should be good for next year. Does anyone have a good source…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Buckner Creel Oct 6, 2019.
Greetings. I had 2/3 top bar hives come out of the winter, and strong. I'm thinking of doing two splits, as I have 4 hive bodies in the yard. I could do walkaway splits, and hope the splits…Continue
Started Mar 28, 2019
Good call, I smoked em in, didn't see the queen. Took the inner cover off the new hive body, a lot of wax being drawn on the inner cover above the frames. I had put a fully drawn frame in the center of the new body, they were drawing out the face of the new frames on each side as well as the top. They got the peach tree there for late afternoon shade but several hours of direct sun on the sheet metal cover so I'm gonna put some sunscreen in for them. Thank you
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