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RE: New Family at the Garden of the Goats
Hi @goatgarden, sorry I missed this post. Are you owning the bees, or is someone checking them for you and you are splitting the honey? That is a pretty common way of setting up hives in different areas. I hate to say when I had 6 hives spread around that I had some to far away to check on. It was when I had a job and just didn't have the time.
The one thing my excellent instructor suggested was that you not disturb them by checking on them all the time. That's why Im asking if you are taking care of them. Good luck and I hope you get lots of honey.
SDG
Yes, I own them. I bought them from the teenage son of a friend who decided he didn't want to keep bees anymore. As far as checking them, I've left them alone since I got them. I'll probably suit up and check them out in a few days just to see how everything looks. As of now they are coming and going so I assume they are ok.
One of the neat things in checking them was trying to find the queen. Bee keepers that have been doing it for a while can generally spot them easier, but it's pretty neat to see the queen going around laying eggs and having the workers follower her around.
I'm anxious to get into it. I plan to take pics and do a post. Maybe I can get one of my kids to play photographer.