Text Box: Merrill's Honeybees (Merrilland Apiaries) Pictures from the Bee Yard

 

 

 

Text Box: As we gather more photos throughout the year, we'll put them up on the site.

 

Text Box: A typical hive consists of the following: 1 screened bottom board 2 deep hive bodies - this is the hives brood nest where the queen lays her eggs 1 Queen excluder - this a metal screen that allows only worker bees through. This is used so that the queen does not lay eggs in the honey supers. 1-5 honey supers - a "super" is where nectar is stored and processed into honey by the bees. 1 Inner cover - this is a cover that keeps the bees from "gluing" the top down to the top of the hive. They "glue" the inner cover down which can be easily pried loose. 1 Telescoping Top Cover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A healthy nuc colony with bees bearding off of the front.Kurt checking queens.

A new northern bred queen laying a nice pattern.

Nathan Merrill "feeding the bees".

Drone comb removal for the control of Varorra Mites.

Evaluating a new queen.

Capturing a swarm of bees.

After shaking the swarm into the box, Kurt puts the cover back on.

The swarm marching up the sheet and into their new home.