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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Day 22: Hot day in the bees


Got up early today to go and feed the bees while it was cooler. Getting the smoker ready:




  A monkey was eating and watching us get ready:
  Kylie getting the smoker going:
  The bags of feed that we took into the two apiaries:
  We used plastic bags, which work just fine for the bees. They chew a small hole in the bag, enough to get droplets of sugar water out. Some people have poked holes in the bags but that gets too messy. Placing the feed bags into the hives:
  We sorted out and counted the bags we needed for each hive. Here are the bags sitting on top of the hives, ready to go:
  Going into the top-bar hives:
  Placing the bag near the end of the comb (typically in the middle bars):
  We just put the bags on the bottom of the hive:



 One of the best things to happen in a day is getting a bunch of mangoes on the kitchen table for everyone to eat:
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 1, 2013 at 1:17 PM

    Wow, we make things too complicated at home!
    Mom

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  2. AnonymousAugust 2, 2013 at 11:25 PM

    Meg,

    Great pictures! What makes the feed bag so dark?

    Dad

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    1. UnknownAugust 4, 2013 at 6:16 AM

      Thanks! It is so dark becuase we used brown sugar. But, the sugar here is less refined and slightly different. The brown sugar here is lighter brown and has bigger crystals.

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