Oh, Anne, I have always, always, always wanted to be a beekeeper. I mean beetender. I bought my daughter a bee house for her birthday. It seems a little complicated involving the refrigerator and eggs, so we will see. I so enjoyed your post and happy you have your bee friends to buzz through life with!
Thank you for sharing. I’m confused about the refrigerator and eggs. Hmmm.
We have a beekeeping group in each county here in Tennessee. There are monthly meetings and a free introductory class. They helped me order my first nucleus of bees from a nearby bee apiary. And they assign a mentor to help you check on your bees the first year. It is a lot to learn!
So I started with a live colony of bees with a queen.
It says "In October, you can finally remove the panels and see the cocoons inside the slots. Each nesting slot can contain up to 8 cocoons. At this time, you can carefully remove the cocoons and place them inside a container and store them in the refrigerator." Weird, huh?
Oh, Anne, I have always, always, always wanted to be a beekeeper. I mean beetender. I bought my daughter a bee house for her birthday. It seems a little complicated involving the refrigerator and eggs, so we will see. I so enjoyed your post and happy you have your bee friends to buzz through life with!
Thank you for sharing. I’m confused about the refrigerator and eggs. Hmmm.
We have a beekeeping group in each county here in Tennessee. There are monthly meetings and a free introductory class. They helped me order my first nucleus of bees from a nearby bee apiary. And they assign a mentor to help you check on your bees the first year. It is a lot to learn!
So I started with a live colony of bees with a queen.
Let me know how your bee adventures go!
Here's a link to where I bought it. https://jcswildlife.com/products/jcs-wildlife-small-poly-lumber-and-pine-mason-bee-house-made-in-the-usa
It says "In October, you can finally remove the panels and see the cocoons inside the slots. Each nesting slot can contain up to 8 cocoons. At this time, you can carefully remove the cocoons and place them inside a container and store them in the refrigerator." Weird, huh?
BTW, I'm from Tennessee too!
Fascinating 🧐