Spoke w\/JR Githens of Githens Bee Farm this morning to find out if he could sell me a colony of bees. He doesn’t have any right now. I asked also if I needed to scrape off all the wax on the frames and soak everything in a bleach solution as some friends had suggested – in case there was some disease that weakened or killed my bees before they got robbed. He said that wasn’t necessary, that the next bees would take care of cleaning everything up.<\/p>\n
But he did say wax moths could get in and start eating the wax. He suggested leaving the top of the hive open – the air and light will deter the wax moths. And the honey left in the extracted combs might just attract another swarm. If the weather warms up, colonies could start swarming again. Just screen top, he said, to keep leaves out. I’ll try that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spoke w\/JR Githens of Githens Bee Farm this morning to find out if he could sell me a colony of bees. He doesn’t have any right now. I asked also if I needed to scrape off all the wax on … Continue reading