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Feeding Bees
From my back window, I saw small shapes around the front of the box. I walked out to watch them.
Dec 9, 2024
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Joe Willey
2
Like Robbery
As I lifted the frame free of the box, a geyser of bees rushed at me with buzzing anger.
Jul 5, 2024
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Joe Willey
7
The Split
I saw queen cells, frames of worker bees, and an empty hive box yawning like a grave.
Jun 7, 2024
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Joe Willey
7
The Queen Is Dead, Long Live the Queen
I went to the silent hive box and rapped on the top. It sounded as hollow as death.
Apr 18, 2024
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Joe Willey
6
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Sugar Syrup
From my back window, I saw small shapes around the front of the box. I walked out to watch them.
Apr 10, 2024
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Joe Willey
2
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Flowing With Honey
There was a sticky resistance. I wiggled the frame slightly, bending over the super for a closer look.
Feb 2, 2024
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Joe Willey
2
Brood
As my eyes curiously wandered over rows of brood, I saw it. One cell crumbled at its center. Antenna and eyes poked out. I held the frame near my face…
Sep 21, 2023
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Joe Willey
2
2
Queen, Drone, Worker
The bees no longer all look the same to me. The beekeeper who sold me my two nucleus colonies marked the queen with a pink paint marker dot. Still, the…
Sep 7, 2023
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Joe Willey
2
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The Swat
It had been one week since I brought two new colonies to the corner of our yard under a drooping hackberry tree, and I glowed with self-satisfaction. I…
Aug 10, 2023
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Joe Willey
3
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The First Inspection
That afternoon, the bees were restless, flying aimlessly in looping circles under the arching limbs of the hackberry and above the waiting hive boxes…
Aug 3, 2023
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Joe Willey
1
Nucs
The nucs were ready and in the sealed nuc boxes when I arrived. The bees were quiet. I heard no humming like when I inspected the colony in the hands-on…
Jul 27, 2023
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Joe Willey
1
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