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May's workshop was on hive inspection. Travis Treeter, Florida State Bee Inspector, was the guest speaker. There are two hives dedicated to teaching at the University of South Florida Botanical Gardens. The original hive is on a taller stand. The small hive beetles have decreased with no other treatments or methods. Many of the frames in the students hives have burr comb on the lower bar because they decided to use medium frames in deep supers. Most of the students had not seen a bee hive untl this year, not nailed one together until March, and not had their own hive until April. I think a few had not inspected their hive other than lifting the top until this Saturday. There are already honey supers on a few of the hives made this April.
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