Follow-Up:
Eye 'looks' better already, but it's pretty sore. The other stings hurt worse than normal too. I wonder about that. Took all the 'used' stuff back out to the bees at dawn so they can build back better. The hives were all surprisingly calm. Will be watching the new splits for queen cells. To my eyes, this is always the best indicator things went well and the split is going to take off.
Wound up with five (strained) almost-full 5-gal buckets. No telling how much the kids carted off. Surprisingly good haul for the first of June. Will likely hoard four of those for SHTF. It's not a bad idea and there's plenty of rack space still. Also, gonna have to make a new plan for all the hives to be recovered come fall.
Eye 'looks' better already, but it's pretty sore. The other stings hurt worse than normal too. I wonder about that. Took all the 'used' stuff back out to the bees at dawn so they can build back better. The hives were all surprisingly calm. Will be watching the new splits for queen cells. To my eyes, this is always the best indicator things went well and the split is going to take off.
Wound up with five (strained) almost-full 5-gal buckets. No telling how much the kids carted off. Surprisingly good haul for the first of June. Will likely hoard four of those for SHTF. It's not a bad idea and there's plenty of rack space still. Also, gonna have to make a new plan for all the hives to be recovered come fall.