I promised my dad I would make a video of an inspection with all of the action. Here’s the intro video:<\/p>\n
Today’s game plan was to fill up the sugar water, and then make sure that the hive is queen right. Queen right is just terminology to mean that there is a Queen who is laying eggs, and that the hive isn’t gearing up to swarm.<\/p>\n
Then video number two is a bit more about fixing up the sugar water.<\/p>\n
Honestly that’s become super easy to do. I never wear a suit anymore when I’m changing the sugar. I just go up to the hive, make sure the girls are in a decent mood, and then change the water.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, when I’m opening up the hive itself, that’s a different story. The gloves don’t let me take good photos, but today I said screw it. My dad’s worth it. Here’s a non-glove inspection… or at least for the most part \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Some cinematography to figure out, but otherwise a good 5 minutes if you ask me \ud83d\ude42 And then here is a gallery of stills to go along for the ride \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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