Just a few pro tips:
1. After a few years if you are feeling like a good beekeeper remember on that new hive full of expensive package bees...you must remove the cork or the queen cannot get out.
2. If you are opening your old hives for the first time this spring remember to seal up your bee suit very tightly?
Why you ask? Because last fall when you pulled two frames to supplement another hive you forgot to replace tem and now two entire combs have formed and are connected to the inner cover. As you lift the cover those two combs will fall one on the ground and the other on the top of the other frames making all bees very angry.
3. Make sure you zip up the pants on your bee suit. Why? See above.
4. Make sure you press down the Velcro on your hood or else it is like being inside the cage WITH the tiger. Why? See above.
5. Remember once you are safely inside the garage that you should very carefully look in the mirror or as you remove the suit a cloud of bees will attack. Extra pro tip: That cloud of bees was somehow trapped in the Velcro closed pocket on the front of your bee suit.
That is all. If you need any additional help from a seasoned professional like me let just send me a message.
1. After a few years if you are feeling like a good beekeeper remember on that new hive full of expensive package bees...you must remove the cork or the queen cannot get out.
2. If you are opening your old hives for the first time this spring remember to seal up your bee suit very tightly?
Why you ask? Because last fall when you pulled two frames to supplement another hive you forgot to replace tem and now two entire combs have formed and are connected to the inner cover. As you lift the cover those two combs will fall one on the ground and the other on the top of the other frames making all bees very angry.
3. Make sure you zip up the pants on your bee suit. Why? See above.
4. Make sure you press down the Velcro on your hood or else it is like being inside the cage WITH the tiger. Why? See above.
5. Remember once you are safely inside the garage that you should very carefully look in the mirror or as you remove the suit a cloud of bees will attack. Extra pro tip: That cloud of bees was somehow trapped in the Velcro closed pocket on the front of your bee suit.
That is all. If you need any additional help from a seasoned professional like me let just send me a message.
