Just a quick photo one winter evening in January 2024.

While I like my solar wax extractor, when we take frames out of the hives to prepare for winter, there is not enough energy from the sun to melt the wax outside. I built this oven so I can extract the wax year round.

Future Beekeeper shows that she has what it takes!!

Here is a view of the hives during a flood. This is why they are not on the ground.

Here is a view of the apiary in Winter of 2022.

Here is a sample chart from my hive during the Maryland nectar flow. You can see a 4 pound increase in about 24 hours! I was viewing this while being in Arizona. I love my apiary electronics!

The small box in the middle contains the swarm that I caught. I decided to put a flower decal on the front to make it distinguishable from the others.

Shortly after installing the 2 new packages on the right, one of the older hives in the left swarms.

Here is a view of the hives for Spring of 2021. You can see the active bees buzzing in front of the hives.

For the spring of 2021 I added this extension on the south side of the hive stand. The 2 hives there contain the packages I just purchased. In our bee class, we were looking at the effects of having our hives close to each other and we decided that the best practice is to separate…