Mat blooms will have the bees out gathering dandelion nectar and pollinating many of the fruit trees. The populations of the colonies will grow from 20,000 bees per colony to near 50,000 bees per colony. Making wax, feeding the young and making their Queen happy.
The bees are cleaning the cells to prepare them for this seasons nectar and brood. Working 24 hours a day.
Egg laying has kicked into high gear as the weather warms up in May. Up to 2,000 eggs layed per day will have the queens working hard. If the Queen does not believe she has enough room to grow in her hives, she will take half the bees with her and swarm.
Getting the new bees into their colonies is always fun. We had less fun this year because our survival rate was just over 90%. This is our best survival rate in nearly 20 years! Bees are placed in three orchards to pollinate the apples and we will be getting a routine started to bottle honey, make soaps, salves and lotion and pack honey sticks for the summer markets.
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