We had several relatives and neighbors over at the cabin this weekend. They were interested in seeing what beekeeping was all about. Mom had a good idea to put the screen tent up near the hives so they could see the bees without getting stung.
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| Dad and I lifting frames out of the supers. |
In the picture below you can see everyone watching from the screen tent. They asked quite a few questions. It was fun showing them the bees, comb, and honey they are making.
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| Relatives and neighbors watching. |
They asked about why the hive boxes are different sized. We explained that the bottom two boxes are the deeps and they are used by the bees for raising brood and storing honey and pollen for winter. The top ones are supers and they are used to collect honey from the bees.
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| Us showing them a frame full of bees. |
The bees are doing well. In the one hive we have a lot of capped honey. In the other hive they are not doing as well. I found a drone and showed it to the audience and as I put it back I noticed a varroa mite on it.
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| The varroa mite I scrapped off the drone. |
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| Capped honey (the white stuff) |
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