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Do I get a raising queens badge or something when the queen cell that got removed hatches?

I saw bee messing around by the queen cells after I came back from sting triage then looked again and noticed it was a queen. It fell off the top of the hive, got caught up in a couple of spiderwebs under the other hive, then fell to the ground where I caught it.

I marked her and put her in the 1st nuc.

#beekeping #bees #apiary #QueenBee

A photo showing a queen bee in a clip type queen catcher and the cell she came out of in the upper left of the photo. The cell is attached to another swarm cell that is unopened and there is a 3rd cell to the right. The queen in the catcher is barely visible.

The queen in the squeeze catcher so she could be marked with blue paint.

The queen being released into a nuc hive that has other queen cells just so I know there's a queen in it. It's the one with the fancy entrance.

Hur fungerar en sån här?
How does this work?

#biodling #beekeping

En slags konstig flaska i brunt glas, "bimatare" enligt google.

I can't get over the fact that my property is just a few feet too narrow to keep bees per #seattle city ordinance. I had gotten so pumped to learn a new #beekeping hobby and make #mead out of the honey, but hives have to be 25 feet from the fence. Just heartbreaking stuff for me and all the plants around.

Hmm, was going to move a hive of bees to an empty spot, and a swarm moved into the empty box there in the last day or so, LOL. We are about to tip from "not enough bees" to "too many bees" once again. #beekeping

Prepping for the upcoming #beekeping season with some new hive boxes.

A pile of wooden beehive boxes assembled on the floor.

Good morning! Some flowers and an antique beehive for you to enjoy. Don't give up on spring 🌼!
#mood
#flowerphotography
#flowers
#gardening
#bee
#beekeping

Combined a bit of beekeeping and bicycling this morning (didn't need much gear, impossible otherwise). I'm going to suspect no one has ever done that before, LOL. Just had to bait some hives, hoping to replace some lost hives in a few backyards around here. (Update: ha! This has been done... in Chicago!) #beekeping #bicycling

Apparently it's a "thing" 😂 🤣 #beekeping https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/10/ripped-hot-and-in-your-50s-you-are-now-officially-beekeeping-age

#beekeping lesson of the day: do not buy plastic queen clips. Broke another one when it went through the wash.

Had to murder a queen bee today. She was pretty. #beekeping

#beekeping note: another #swarm scouting an empty box here. Haven't had time (in between hail, snow, freezing weather, rain) to move the last two swarms that showed up here.