Lughnasa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Artemis Moon<\/p>\n
The varroa mite count is in and my bees had–1.\u00a0 That’s one mite for the sample of some 225 bees.\u00a0 I didn’t get the optimal 300, see the business about the bees not volunteering for freezing to death, but finding only 1 mite makes me feel pretty comfortable.\u00a0 Wednesday I’ll check the divide and see\u00a0 how it’s doing mite wise.<\/p>\n
I’ll have to become more facile with this procedure since I need it to do at least twice a year, more if the counts begin to go high.<\/p>\n
We had a thunderstorm that knocked out the power and turned on our generator earlier tonight.\u00a0 My computers were not unplugged, but they seem to have survived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lughnasa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Artemis Moon The varroa mite count is in and my bees had–1.\u00a0 That’s one mite for the sample of some 225 bees.\u00a0 I didn’t get the optimal 300, see the business about the bees not volunteering for freezing to death, but finding only 1 mite makes me feel pretty comfortable.\u00a0 Wednesday I’ll check … Continue reading Bee Diary: Supplemental<\/span>