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Bonus bees.
I dropped a kid off at practice and picked up another and had an hour and a half for the next shuffle. It’s supposed to rain for a couple of days so I decided to go grab some equipment.
The people I bought out had some hives in a field they presumed were all dead. When I got there, one was busting at the seems with bees. Change of plans. I threw a ratchet strap around it and duct taped the entrance shut. It was about all I could do being 3 boxes deep and full…but I got it loaded into the truck and moved it to the new apiary I started yesterday.
I’ll do mite treatment with oaxcillic acid vapor soon and plan to try to split this one into 2-3 depending what I find. A nice surprise. With splits and these, I’m up to 18 and we aren’t to swarm season for a couple of weeks.
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