Finished re-furbishing two small bee-hives yesterday. Removing the old weathered paint with a sander and elbow grease, painting three layers of water-based latex-paint and sealed it with UV-resistant polyurethane lacquer. Here's the result:
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Installing NUCs. package or trapping swarms?Finished re-furbishing two small bee-hives yesterday. Removing the old weathered paint with a sander and elbow grease, painting three layers of water-based latex-paint and sealed it with UV-resistant polyurethane lacquer. Here's the result:
I have already ordered a package of Italian bees at the dant but i also secured a nuc of locally overwintered Russian bees. Not sure which one will go into which hive.Installing NUCs. package or trapping swarms?
I only got about 1/8" today.From pollen coming in to this! Oh well.
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With you, not at you. we got 3.5" of rain, low to mid 50s here, hoping to drop the top box to bottom Saturday, temps in the low 60s. Quick check some days back and had eggs and larva.From pollen coming in to this! Oh well.
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