Dewey's Bee Blog

Extracted (crush and strain) from the 2 hives at Jareds' farm today.

Hive 1 - 5 tall - tons of bees going in and out - bringing in pollen - weeds grown over entrance, but the bees don't seem to care
Box 1 and 2 - nest box - top bars - did not touch
Box 3  bees honey box - top bars - did not touch (appeared full)
Box 4 - partially drawn out frames - extracted 2 frames
Box 5 - empty frames - left it on

Hive 2 - 3 tall - tons of bees - pollen coming in - mostly using top entrance
Box 3 - brood in top box - on 3 frames - extracted 2 frames of honey only - 5 frames crossed combed together and couldn't get into them
Box 2 - Brood on several frames - did not extract any frames from this box
Box 1 - Honey and pollen mostly - extracted a couple frames

Didn't see the queen in either box.
Rather calm bees considering that I ripped the hives completely apart. No stings. I did smoke them at first.