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WWOOFer Volunteers and the Life of Bees

6/30/2016

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Honey season at GlennArt Farm had a difficult start. The first of June I could not find a queen in any of the four hives.  It was very discouraging, so I left them alone to sort out any natural recovery efforts.

This week, I had wonderful help from Amber and Clay who volunteer with the World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. We formed a wagon train of equipment and bee boxes (or supers).

Joy of joys, we found two queens in the current hives.  Both WWOOFer volunteers were thrilled to see a queen laying eggs in the hive. We returned with hope for honey this year.

​I could not take a photo of the queen, however  you can see a sample photo  here of a queen laying eggs. 

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    Carolyn Ioder

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