Well, its been a little while since I've blogged, mainly because my GoPro died! However, I just bought a new one, and today I got to use it for the first time to check the bees. Today Dad and I added two honey supers. We check out all of the deeps, and found the queen was laying down in the bottom box. So, we kept that box on the bottom, hoping she'd work her way up. We re-assembled the hive as it was, took off the feeder pails, and replaced that with the queen excluder and two honey supers. The bees are looking great overall!
Our "hosts" had lots of daisies blooming today! I tried to catch a photo of one of the honeybees on a daisy but was unsuccessful. I did, however, snap a few pics of other types of bees! I am no expert on other bees, but after some Google searching I believe this is an Agapostemon virescens - aka "Green Striped sweat bee"
That was so interesting to watch! I bet you are happy you have a new GoPro! Beekeeping is a nice memory with your dad
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