Three Bees Apiary

Want to lower you land taxes. If you have 5-20 acres you can have bees for your agricultural evaluation and can lower your taxes. Give me a call 903-814-6686 if you are in the Grayson/Cooke county Texas area.

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Thanks to Kasey for stopping in for a quick hive inspection today. Capped drone brood is in the late stages. Primarily in double deeps. Smaller amounts in the singles. We did see live drones today but very few. Seems like a lot of honey stores and tons of pollen. Off to a good start but it is how you finish that counts.

Had the opportunity to inspect a couple hives that were not mine today. I observed increased laying and lots of drone comb. Drones are important if you are doing walk away splits or raising queens. Swarming will increase once the drones emerge and become mature (about 14 days). Seems like a lot of honey reserves but do not be fooled, check you hives.

Completed a quick inspection of all my single deeps. There are small amounts of brood but lots of honey and pollen. It appears there is not enough room to lay. To create more room for laying I will take out a frame or 2 of honey and replace with empty comb. Hopefully this will get the Queen laying more to build up a larger population for the spring and summer.