My spouse, the voice of reason, captured many excellent photos during the removal of the medium honey super, but my favorite is the image of bees peering upwards between the frames. I have an extra inner cover and extra 1gal pail feeder allowing the bees to leave the equipment and return to their hive in their own good time. The AJ Beetle eaters were stuck solidly to the frames with propolis and required some coaxing followed by extra care to keep from spilling the vegetable oil. The last slide is our 2010 MABA live auction item created by John Parris. The under powered electric window box fan (not shown) failed to blow the bees off the frames, so I returned to more conventional bee clearing methods--frame shaking and frame bumping.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
removing medium honey super
My spouse, the voice of reason, captured many excellent photos during the removal of the medium honey super, but my favorite is the image of bees peering upwards between the frames. I have an extra inner cover and extra 1gal pail feeder allowing the bees to leave the equipment and return to their hive in their own good time. The AJ Beetle eaters were stuck solidly to the frames with propolis and required some coaxing followed by extra care to keep from spilling the vegetable oil. The last slide is our 2010 MABA live auction item created by John Parris. The under powered electric window box fan (not shown) failed to blow the bees off the frames, so I returned to more conventional bee clearing methods--frame shaking and frame bumping.
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