At last!!! News to blog about! I suppose I should start: the hives now have names. That’s right. I can be totally dorky and refer to my hives with actual names instead of “right hive” and “left hive.” The right hive is Ovechkin (the tall one in the picture) and the left hive is Crosby (the short one). Dave refuses to address them that way.
I’ve been keeping track of their syrup intake over the last two weeks. Ovechkin has gone through 17.5 cups and Crosby consumed 15. Ovechkin is definitely the stronger hive; so strong that I went out this afternoon and added the second brood box of frames to it. Crosby isn’t making comb as fast as I would like. Last Saturday there were still six frames empty in Crosby. If Crosby doesn’t shape up by the end of summer, I may have to combine it with Ovechkin. We’ll see. There’s still plenty of blooming time left.
It was pretty cool seeing the bees bubbling all over the frames in Ovechkin. The queen must be hard at work.
Even better, the bees have stopped attacking me when I putter around the yard.
Garden update: I planted tomatoes, basil, radishes, rosemary, arugula, and zucchini two weeks ago. I had to go out last night and cover them all because frost was in the forecast. I’m glad I did. It was chilly this morning (32 and an icy windshield at 7 AM). I’m planting the cuke seedlings this weekend. They’re on the porch hardening off right now. I’m also putting in my corn seeds and planting my potato eyes in the tire (Dad’s idea). Dave picked me up a few bales of hay and I’ve put that down as mulch. So that’s shaping up very nicely. I’ll have to post a picture once everything is planted.
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