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Thank you for a great Winter Seminar!!!

January 23, 2017 Julia McGuire 1 Comment

Just a story:june 4th Arvin Foellcame to our apiary to inspect our 2 hives. I think I posted pictures of our queens- 1 ”old”(2nd summer ) & 1 new, the bees requeened from a split. All looked well. A week ago when we inspected we found 13 capped queen cells on 1 frame & more on other frames in our older hive!! There was no queen, we assumed she swarmed. This past Saturday we found some queen cells tore open & others still capped. We also found a capped queen cell with the side tore open but the queen inside was still alive! The exciting news is We did find an emerged queen ! She must have been newly emerged so I assume she will take care of the rest of the capped queen cell.In our other hive, Our new queen- about 2weeks old has been laying like gang busters!! I was really concerned she wouldn’t get mated but she is doing well! Here is s before & after pic of the queen cells. I think she came out of this group of cells.🐝 Has anyone seen this many queen cells in one grouping? Plus there was about 3 more on this same frame. ... See MoreSee Less

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I’m putting out a POLL based on feed back from others re: when the Des Moines Backyard Beekeepers meetings are held. Currently they are held the 4th or last Thursday of the month at 7pm in various locations. We would like to take a poll to see what day of the week works best-we would still keep it the same week, 4th or last week. Choices are Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday ... See MoreSee Less

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