Todd Shearer showed us his top bar hive...
...with honeycomb the bees had built last summer
...and filled with honey.
Jen Worden showed us her Langstroth hive...
...with a homemade candy box she uses for feeding the bees during winter.
Joe Benete demonstrated using a stethoscope attachment to listen for vibrations of living bees in the hive...
...and a special board he designed for wiring foundation wax into the frames.
We learned different techniques for installing a new package of bees,
...how to use a hive tool for cleaning and prying the frames,
...how to use a smoker, and many other tricks of the trade.
After a honey of a pot-luck lunch, we hand-dipped beeswax candles and made a batch of Alton's bee-candy for feeding the bees.
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I learned so much during this workshop. It was very crowded this year which made for a massive pot luck. I can't wait to get my bees.
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