Hello Tigers!
Our next meeting will be making sugar scrubs this Saturday, April 8th in Gosnell 2300 at 3pm. See you there!
Thanks to (temporarily) nice weather this past Saturday, we were able to do a full hive inspection! Read more about how the hives are doing below!
Also this past Saturday, club members listened to an informative talk given by Cornell Master Beekeeper Kira Avery, who will be teaching a beekeeping wellness course next semester. You can read more about her presentation below.
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This Week's Hive Updates
Hive A:
- Chewed entirely through the newspaper and consumed all of the sugar
- 3 full frames of newly capped honey in the top, added queen excluder to designate the top medium as a honey super
- 2 frames of brood in the top deep, eggs present
- saw varroa mite on one of the workers, need to test for mites later
Hive C:
- Partially chewed through the newspaper, some sugar left
- Top deep had 2 frames of brood and eggs present, stored honey/sugar, and drawn out drone frames
Hive D:
- Partially chewed through the newspaper, not much sugar left
- Top deep had lots of honey/pollen storage frames
- Second deep had 2 frames of brood and eggs present
- Queen found!
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Kira Avery's Presentation
Beekeeping club members were treated with a presentation this past Saturday from Cornell Master Beekeeper Kira Avery!
Kira mainly discussed what beekeepers can expect from their local bees in April and May.
As April brings warmer days, bees will begin to venture out of the hive more. This month, beekeepers begin inspecting their hives again to check on brood and honey. April is also the start of the ideal period to split hives.
You can learn more about the beekeeping calendar from the Cornell Cooperative Extension website, a link to which is in our linktree.
You can also learn more about beekeeping in Kira's beekeeping wellness class, which will be offered next semester (and should show up in SIS soon!).
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