We were contacted to remove a colony that had set up their home in the base of an oak tree in their front yard. I went over and smoked and vacuumed them out of the tree. I brought the bees back and set them up in Jillibees Apiary. There were over 40,000 bees in the bottom of that tree.
June 5, 2020: Upgrade Nucs to Hives
June 2, 2020: Making Bees Wax Candles
May 17, 2020: New Wax Melter
Rendering bees wax up to three times isn’t very cost effective and very messy. We built a solar wax melter to let the sun do the work requiring only one time rendering.