Today, we decided it was so nice outside, we would wax some of our new equipment and check out the girls just to see how they were doing. We had a few bad days of rain and during that time one of the hives swarmed (I’ll talk more on that in another blog I plan on posting soon) so we thought after 5 days we had better check them and the others, just to make sure things were looking good. everyone had their job in helping out, Pops got the smoker up and going while my daughter waited to take pictures for us. My Husband and I finished up the sealing of the new boxes and top feeder and then we both jumped into our suits and off we went.
Waxing the inside if all our equipment really helps to seal any cracks they may have that is not seen to the human eye. We like to use the Girl’s own comb when we do this, not only does it smells familiar to them, but it also provides less work on repairs and more time on making honey. Anything that we can do to help our Girls out makes us feel better, because we know later when we rob them of their yummy treat, we won’t feel so bad. Tell me what you do, if anything that help you make your bees work less on.
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