53 Degrees in Central Indiana and Bees are Stretching Their Wings End of March

[blueblood]

Just a day left in March and the temps are finally reaching normal levels like today at 53 degrees.  All looks good by appearance of the front entrances.  Hard to believe I started keeping three years ago this April 3rd.  I couldn't imagine installing packages in a couple days with the weather as cold and unpredictable as it's been.

[Woody Roberts]

Lookin good. Your long hives are a little fancier than mine. How do you like them. I built one last year to try. It come thru the winter in good shape so I built another. No bees in it yet.

I really like the fact that I don't have to set boxes off to check the brood nest.

[blueblood]

I like my tbh pretty well.  I like how calm they are to work and of course, I like comb honey.  Shoot, nothing too fancy about my tbh.  I built the yellow one out of an old drafting table.  I bought the cedar siding for the roof.  I will never build a like that again.  Too much work and chance of water breach.  The blue tbh with the long telescoping lid will be the order for all others.

[Woody Roberts]

Mine are deep langs. built from rough sawn lumber. Just like a ten frame deep except they hold 30 frames. I have a follower board so I can make it whatever size I need.

It's a really handy place to store a few frames of comb or honey when opening up the brood nest in other hives since its not restricted to ten frame increments.

[riverbee]

as always blue, i enjoy taking a peek at your hives, and most of all, following your progress! how many do you have now that made it through winter months? (sorry if i missed this somwhere else here)......also, i am envious!

"Mine are deep langs. built from rough sawn lumber. Just like a ten frame deep except they hold 30 frames. I have a follower board so I can make it whatever size I need."

woody, where are the pictures?.........

[blueblood]

Thanks River! 6 Langs, 2 tbh and 2 bee trees made it through.  I lost 2 late fall and 4 over the winter.