The temperature got up to 72 degrees today, warm enough to do a complete bee inspection. Both hives have lots of bees and are heavy with stores. The bottom boxes were pretty empty so we moved them to the top and fed both hives, probably for the last time until late winter or early spring. We put in new swiffer sheets because both hives had lots of small hive beetles. The sheets that were in the hives captured quite a few Hopefully they will die back over the winter.
We used the smoker but the bees were pretty calm. We moved the hive near the road over next to the other hive because the bench was leaning forward a bit and looked a little unstable. Wouldn't want to come out some morning and see the beehive fallen onto the ground. So all is good in the Camp Kreitzer bee yard. May the patrons of beekeepers keep our girls warm and healthy over the winter so we can try expanding in the Spring. We'll pray for a better season than this one was.
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