Hay Creek Honey Bees

Honey bees working crab apple trees on a spring day.

Some dandelions.

A field of canola that my friend planted for me. It came in between our spring and fall flows. If time right and planted consecutively, it can make a big difference. Honeybees love it.

Collecting nectar from a canola flower.

Honeybees coming back to hive.

Collecting pollen for queen making.

pollen frame for making good queens

Making queens in the cell builder.

My grafting tent.

Nice John Harbo’s daughter queen.

Nice frame of brood

Frame of grafts.

Part honeybee part alligator tail.

Nice queen.

All eyes on the queen!

Double hive frame feeder. This is a experiment. This past year did not work very well because queens crossed over through feeder and one killed the other. Putting on queen excluders through feeder holes.

Caged new queen on frame. Hoping they will accept her.

Keeping bees in a hoop house in winter. Sides are left open for ventilation. This is a experiment. Maybe I can get brood going early in spring.

Bees coming back with pollen.

Came to visit in fall on the hood of the truck.

Fall Goldenrod.

Moth came to visit one day.

Pouring wax in the “waffle” foundation mold.

My homemade “waffle” foundation machine

double queen hives produced 10 brood frames and 80-100 lbs. of honey.

Hay creek Store!

steaming out boxes and frames.

selling at cranberry fest

queen cells about to hatch with plenty of royal jelly left.

staging bees

stacking hives inside for winter