Timeline

2022

• First two hives of bees, both italians, both packages
• Combined them at the end of the season and they died from Yellow Jackets

2023

• Swarm moved into empty hive that was left outside
• Bought 2 Nucs from Hogseye Apiary
• Split and Combined back to two hives

2024

• Relocated to new location
• Split to 4 hives, combined back to three

2025

• Split to six hives with three Carniolan
• 4 Hives died. 1 Due to a bad queen, and 3 to flooding and having the damn entrance reducer on upside down so water couldn't escape.

I have videos of a lot of this

Notes and Material

Queen Rearing with Corey Stevens
North American Honey Bee Expo 2023
Cub Scout lesson plans for bees