New hive introduced to the garden on Saturday, 17 July. Hive has several hundreds plus bees and we will hopefully be able to fill this hive with combs this season and create more hives as these bees propogate and expand. We have been told that these bees are gentle and the owner has stated that he has not needed to use protective clothing or a smoker to retrieve honey and wax. This is good. We will remove the plywood cover after a few days and the bees become acclimated to their new home.
Conrad works the hive
Conrad did some amazing research and has taken classes to learn about the art and science of bee hives and bees. What we have decided is to build Warré Hives a brilliant design by a French monk who spent 30 years doing the research and tending to bees.
What we are avoiding is this:
carnivores.
This magpie was downed by a hawk - the hawk is pictured with the second magpie taking off from the shop roof. These are yellow jackets that are eating the first magpie downed by the hawk. It took a day and a half for them to completely devour the flesh of the magpie. The feathers were given tothe neighbors.
