It's None Of Your Beeswax

Week two check on our honeybees was a success!  Well, except for the part where I sent burning embers from the smoker into the hive which really pissed the girls off.  Before our week three check I plan on putting a screen over the opening of the smoker.

So far, the queen has been released and the worker bees are working hard.  Quite a bit of the wax foundation has been drawn into honeycomb on the center frames.  We checked for supersedure cells and swarm cells and we have none.  This is a good thing since supersedure cells are indicative of a sick queen and swarm cells are created in preparation for swarming.  Our frames also show that our queen has been busy laying eggs.  Good job your majesty!

Honeybees

 

 

Barn Coop

In other news... the barn coop is sealed up!  Well, on the lower story anyway.  Siding is up and the doors are on.  We started sinking logs as posts for the chicken run on Saturday.  With good weather on the way this coming weekend we should be able to finish up the run!

Future Duck Pond

Even though Kenn and I keep telling ourselves to finish one project before starting another, we conjured up a new idea which I started on over the weekend.  We decided to use the little stream run-off from the property and gutters as an area for ducks someday.  So, I started digging yet another pond and will create a small dam to hold the water.  So far it's a muddy mess.