Here is my third hive for this year. We went into the Fall with two hives and lost a queen at a critical juncture. So I put the wild hive with the remaining bees and had a huge group that made it through our very mild winter. That hive was split this Spring and I was lucky enough to find a queen for the split so we are off to a good start.
The hive above is a swarm that came from the Palmer's vineyard a few weeks ago. They are all settled in and working like crazy.
I have a already harvested twice this year and made creamed honey from the first batch. It's phenomenal!
Decided to buy one batch of bees to make sure I had a strong second hive (back before the split) so I will pick those up this weekend. Those will come from BeeKind in Sebastopol.
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