I was going through a bunch of my pics and found a few that I don't know if I ever shared because the topics never cam up. At this time of year, especially up north, we get a little shack wacky, so I thought I'd post a few. They are about nothing and have no meaning to them other than some might find them interesting.
Mouldy frame. Not the end of the world folks, just hose off with a garden hose with a bit of pressure and pop back in a strong hive. Try and find it after a week.
What I
wish I found in every hive.
Low tide.
High tide, 6 hours later!
My dream, only bigger.
Filling my first drum of honey.
My first full drum. Felt pretty good about it till it granulated.
A little tough to get it out after that happens.
Tired of not being able to cut queen cells out of plastic foundation frames (about the
only downside to plastic)
Figured a way around it though, just make some of these...
Find a frame with cells on it ...
Cover each cell with a small cage allowing room at the bottom for the queens to emerge, easy peasy.
When I first got back into beekeeping here in Nova Scotia, one of the larger beekeepers in the Valley was Foote Family Farm. I bought my first 3 nucs from George. They have been instrumental in getting a lot of keeps started. I did 2 trap-outs at George's daughters house this past summer, and for the second one I needed a frame of brood to hold them. George's daughter called him and withing 15 minutes George drove over, got out of his truck, walked right past me, climbed up the ladder I had ready for me to go up, and popped the frame in the catch box. George's daughter took a picture of he and I when he came down, and it is one of my most favourite photos.
I call it "The Legend and I". George is 82 years old.
