{"id":1523,"date":"2016-04-22T15:52:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T19:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/?page_id=1523"},"modified":"2026-02-03T08:27:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T13:27:49","slug":"older-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/older-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Older news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">NaplesBees Apiary<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8211; Older news about the NaplesBees apiary:<br \/>\n(see <a href=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\">Home Page<\/a> for latest news and activity)<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>11\/7\/2019 &#8211;<\/strong> We did our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/hive-inspections-and-harvests\/#11_7_2019_honey_harvest\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> third honey harvest<\/span><\/a> of the year. Eight of the hives had a significant amount of fall season capped honey.\u00a0 It is delicious and a beautiful rich light amber color.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>10\/19\/2019 &#8211;<\/strong> Bees hanging out on a rainy cloudy day.\u00a0 The foraging bees on the bigger hives are staying put today and &#8220;beard&#8221; up on the outside of the hive box.\u00a0 If they all went inside,\u00a0 the hive would overheat so they spend time taking turns outside and getting wet.\u00a0 <br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4265\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_hanging_out_on_a_rainy_day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4265\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4265\" src=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_hanging_out_on_a_rainy_day-300x95.jpg\" alt=\"Bees bearding on a rainy day\" width=\"300\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_hanging_out_on_a_rainy_day-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_hanging_out_on_a_rainy_day-130x41.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_hanging_out_on_a_rainy_day-768x244.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_hanging_out_on_a_rainy_day-1024x326.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_hanging_out_on_a_rainy_day-624x199.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_hanging_out_on_a_rainy_day.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8230;&#8230;.click on for larger view<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>8\/26\/2019 &#8211;<\/strong> We found a couple huge <a href=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/hive-inspections-and-harvests\/#8_26_2019_cane_toads\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">cane toads<\/span><\/a> in the apiary today. They were apparently catching the occasional bee that flew too close..<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>7\/30\/2019 &#8211;<\/strong> We did our <a href=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/hive-inspections-and-harvests\/#7_30_2019_honey_harvest\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">second honey harvest<\/span><\/a> of the year.\u00a0 As shown in the short video below, care is taken to harvest the absolute best honey which is only &#8220;capped&#8221; honey &#8230;. the honey that has been fully processed by the bees.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 400px; margin: 0 auto;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: relative; width: 360; height: 180; middle: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k340mm9IvWo?ecver=2\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>7\/14\/2019 &#8211;<\/strong> Getting close to doing another honey harvest. BeeCams show busy July mornings for most of the hives&#8230;. visit our <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/beecam\/\">LIVE BeeCam page<\/a><\/span> to see what&#8217;s happening right now in the NaplesBees apiary.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/beecam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/beecam\/ noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4018 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/BeeCam_quad_screen-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/BeeCam_quad_screen-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/BeeCam_quad_screen-130x81.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/BeeCam_quad_screen-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/BeeCam_quad_screen-624x389.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/BeeCam_quad_screen.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>6\/17, 6\/18, 6\/19, \/2019 &#8211;<\/strong> Busy with hive removal activities. See picture details of these removals from a trash can, a copper planter bin and a water meter <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2019#removal_54\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>4\/1, 5\/28, 6\/8, 6\/12, \/2019 &#8211;<\/strong> Busy with hive removal activities. See picture details of these removals from a boat, water meters, and a shed <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2019#removal_50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>4\/9\/2019 &#8211;<\/strong> NaplesBees.com donated a &#8220;honey basket&#8221; to the annual dinner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thegscc.org\/\">Genealogical Society of Collier County<\/a> . <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3894\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSCC_honey_basket_4_9_2019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3894\" class=\"wp-image-3894\" src=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSCC_honey_basket_4_9_2019-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSCC_honey_basket_4_9_2019-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSCC_honey_basket_4_9_2019-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSCC_honey_basket_4_9_2019-768x1238.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSCC_honey_basket_4_9_2019-635x1024.jpg 635w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSCC_honey_basket_4_9_2019-624x1006.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSCC_honey_basket_4_9_2019.jpg 1485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">click on picture for a larger view<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>4\/6\/2019 &#8211;<\/strong> NaplesBees.com had a table at the Collier County Mosquito Control open house at the Naples Airport. The observation hive sparked a lot of conversation about bees and hobby beekeeping!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3889\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_table_4_06_2019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3889\" class=\"wp-image-3889 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_table_4_06_2019-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_table_4_06_2019-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_table_4_06_2019-130x87.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_table_4_06_2019-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_table_4_06_2019-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_table_4_06_2019-624x420.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_table_4_06_2019-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">click on picture for a larger view<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>3\/30\/2019 &#8211;<\/strong> A hive from an oversize water meter was removed. See a picture <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2019#removal_49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>3\/6\/2019 \u2013 <\/strong>The first honey harvest of the year was done today. This was a little early in the season, but the bees have been very active and a small harvest of 141 pounds was available and put in to <a href=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/buy-honey\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">one pound and 8oz bottles<\/span><\/a>. Over 7 pounds of wax was collected.\u00a0 Click <a href=\"hive-inspections-and-harvests#3_6_2019_honey_harvest\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see a short video on how the bees clean up any residual honey from the collected wax comb.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>2\/2\/2019 &#8211;<\/strong> There has been a third BeeCam added to the network.\u00a0 This BeeCam number 3 is an experimental camera setup to show a closeup of the entrance of an active hive.\u00a0 What is particularly interesting is an observation of the color and amount of the pollen that is being brought back to the hive.\u00a0 This activity is always a good indication of the health of the hive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>1\/22\/2019 &#8211;<\/strong> We have had some very cool nights (in upper 40s) and I took advantage of a warm afternoon to take a quick look at all 20 hives.\u00a0 All the hives looked full of active bees with the frames in the supers mostly covered with bees.\u00a0 This is a very good sign and shows, so far, the hives are remaining strong going in to the colder months.\u00a0 Many hives have a couple supers of capped honey which the bees don&#8217;t seem to have touched yet.\u00a0 I am a happy beekeeper!!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>1\/2\/2019 &#8211;<\/strong> A quick look at some of the hives showed all to be in good shape. All the hives have been fairly active at the entrances with the relatively warm weather we have been having.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>12\/6\/2018 &#8211;<\/strong> An inspection of the hives in the apiary showed all hives to be active.\u00a0 I estimate there is several hundred pounds of capped honey frames, but that will be left for now in case we get significant cold weather and the bees then might have a need for it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>11\/14\/2018 &#8211;<\/strong> A hive high up in a tree near a guest house was removed. \u00a0 See a few pictures <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2018#removal_48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>11\/6\/2018 &#8211;<\/strong> Looking to get in to Naples area backyard beekeeping?\u00a0 Check out what NaplesBees can offer <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/beehive-availability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>10\/14\/2018 &#8211;<\/strong> Large hive removed from a tree behind the NaplesBees apiary and placed in our apiary. \u00a0 See a few pictures and video <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2018#removal_47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>9\/26\/2018 &#8211;<\/strong> Swarm traps full of bees!\u00a0 More details <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"hive-inspections-and-harvests#9_26_2018_swarm_traps\">here<\/a><\/span> .<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>8\/24\/2018 &#8211;<\/strong> The NaplesBees apiary hives are exploding in numbers.\u00a0 See a few pictures and video <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"hive-inspections-and-harvests#8_24_2018_hives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>7\/23\/2018 &#8211;<\/strong> Today started with a <a href=\"hive-inspections-and-harvests#7_23_2018_Apiary_FL_inspect\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">visit from the Florida District 14 Apiary Inspector<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Hives in the apiary were inspected for compliance with the Florida regulations for apiaries in the state.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>7\/11\/2018 &#8211;<\/strong> I completed <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"hive-inspections-and-harvests#7_11_2018_Apiary_Harvest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the second honey harvest for the year<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 I was able to harvest from about 7 of the larger hives and the result was 275 pounds of honey.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>7\/3\/2018 &#8211;<\/strong> Bees in a bird house were removed from an East Naples location <a href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2018#removal_46\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>6\/26\/2018 &#8211;<\/strong> A small hive was removed from a water meter box <a href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2018#removal_45\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">here<\/span><\/a> .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>5\/4\/2018 &#8211;<\/strong> I completed the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/hive-inspections-and-harvests\/#5_1_2018_Apiary_Harvest\">first honey harvest of the year<\/a><\/span>. This harvest resulted in about 305 pounds of honey which ended up in 1 pound, 12oz, and 8oz bottles. This is the biggest harvest I have every had and could not have been done without the use of the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/honeycomb-press\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">motorized honeycomb press<\/span><\/a> I had made.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>4\/28\/2018 &#8211; <\/strong>The NaplesBees table at the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Collier Mosquito Control District <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">open house was a good success with lots of interest in the observation hive. The queen was found (with help) many times as she was observed busy laying eggs.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3292\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_open_house_table_4_28_2018-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3292\" class=\"wp-image-3292 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_open_house_table_4_28_2018-1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_open_house_table_4_28_2018-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_open_house_table_4_28_2018-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_open_house_table_4_28_2018-1-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_open_house_table_4_28_2018-1-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_open_house_table_4_28_2018-1-624x350.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">click on for a larger view<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>4\/6\/2018<\/strong> &#8211; A second BeeCam was brought online today. It gives a overhead and more complete view of the apiary. Check it out on the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/beecam\/\">BeeCam page<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>4\/3\/2018<\/strong> &#8212; Bad news and good news&#8230;. A few weeks ago I noticed several of our recent hive removal boxes (3\/15\/2018 and 3\/2\/2018) were queenless and nad no brood. To save these colonies, we tried introducing a few mature queen cells in to each of these hives. They apparently successfully hatched and the queens have been accepted because today&#8217;s inspection found a queen running around in each hive. Hopefully these queens will survive going forward and grow the hives. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>3\/15\/2018<\/strong> &#8212; A swarm removed from a cypress tree branch <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2018#removal_44\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>3\/3\/2018<\/strong> &#8212; A homemade observation hive has been built <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/gear#observation_hive\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>3\/2\/2018<\/strong> &#8212; A large hive was removed from a house outside wall<\/span> <a href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2018#removal_43\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>1\/26\/2018<\/strong> &#8212; A large hive was removed from a shed wall <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2018#removal_42\">here<\/a><\/span>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>1\/2\/2018<\/strong> &#8212; Cooler temperatures have forced the bees into a low activity mode. Relatively few bees are venturing out for foraging.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Animated_Bee.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-833\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Animated_Bee.gif\" alt=\"NaplesBees.com\" width=\"84\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>12\/1\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; Because of airport management policy changes, today we relocated our two remaining hurricane damaged hives at the Naples Airport back to our home NaplesBees apiary. The bees had survived hurricane Irma but they were knocked over onto the ground and had a few ant problems. We cleaned them up best we could and gave them good spots on apiary stands, so, hopefully, they will get their numbers back up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>11\/1\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; The NaplesBees apiary is back in good condition as hurricane Irma cleanup and repairs continue. See an aerial video view <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/gallery\/\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><br \/>\n9\/10\/2017<\/strong>&#8212; Hurricane Irma made a direct hit to our location. We experienced 130+ mph winds. Many large trees on our property were destroyed. For the most part, our apiary hives located adjacent to some of these large trees were miraculously spared. Most of the bees survived the storm surprisingly well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>8\/21\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; A birdhouse occupied by bees was removed <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2017#removal_41\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>8\/17\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; Here is a picture of hives belonging to a hobby beekeeper in eastern Golden Gate estates after a visit by something large enough to be very destructive&#8230;.bears?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/hobby_hives_destroyed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3025\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/hobby_hives_destroyed-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/hobby_hives_destroyed-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/hobby_hives_destroyed-130x128.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/hobby_hives_destroyed-768x756.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/hobby_hives_destroyed-1024x1008.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/hobby_hives_destroyed-624x614.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/hobby_hives_destroyed.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>8\/12\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; Completion of the much more robust and improved home made honey comb press <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/honeycomb-press\/\">here<\/a> .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>7\/21\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; A good size honey harvest from our Golden Gate estates apiary hives <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/hive-inspections-and-harvests\/#7_21_2017_Apiary_Harvest\">here<\/a> .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>7\/14\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; A small honey harvest from our Naples Airport hives <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/hive-inspections-and-harvests\/#7_14_2017_Apiary_Harvest\">here<\/a> .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>6\/21\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; A small hive built on a bicycle handle was removed <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2017#removal_40\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>6\/24\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; NaplesBees had a table display at the Collier Mosquito Control Headquarters open house. Sample tasting of our honey was available and we talked to many people about CMCD and area bees, especially the terrific <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cmcd.org\/spray_maps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aerial spray notification system<\/a> they have available now which is a great tool for local beekeepers or anyone interested in their mosquito spraying operation. We cover up our hives for a few hours if any spray planes are due to come over in order to better protect the bearding bees from any possible injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2949\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_open_house_table_6_24_2017.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2949\" class=\"wp-image-2949 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_open_house_table_6_24_2017-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_open_house_table_6_24_2017-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_open_house_table_6_24_2017-130x98.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_open_house_table_6_24_2017-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_open_house_table_6_24_2017-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_open_house_table_6_24_2017-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_open_house_table_6_24_2017-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">CMCD open house NaplesBees table display<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>6\/21\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; An abandoned hive on a vacant lot was removed <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2017#removal_39\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>6\/8\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; The nectar flow is on!! Bee hive populations have exploded and our apiary hives are very busy. This is a view of the bearding that is evident in the warm summer evenings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2933\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/beehive_bearding_6_8_2017.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2933\" class=\"wp-image-2933 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/beehive_bearding_6_8_2017-300x165.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/beehive_bearding_6_8_2017-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/beehive_bearding_6_8_2017-130x72.png 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/beehive_bearding_6_8_2017-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/beehive_bearding_6_8_2017-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/beehive_bearding_6_8_2017-624x343.png 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/beehive_bearding_6_8_2017.png 1156w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">click on for detail view<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_2939\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_bearding_looks_like_a_beard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2939\" class=\"wp-image-2939 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_bearding_looks_like_a_beard-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_bearding_looks_like_a_beard-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_bearding_looks_like_a_beard-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_bearding_looks_like_a_beard-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_bearding_looks_like_a_beard-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_bearding_looks_like_a_beard.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Bearding actually looks like a beard on a &#8220;14&#8221; face&#8230;..<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>6\/3\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; We removed a small hive from concrete blocks located in a backyard of an East Naples home <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2017#removal_38\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>5\/26\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; An attempt to remove an older hive from a roof without roof destruction <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2017#removal_37\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>5\/23\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; I improved our homemade honey press <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/honeycomb-press\/\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>5\/9\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; The apiary&#8217;s second honey harvest of the year collected 90 pounds of delicious rich, viscous, dark amber honey <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/hive-inspections-and-harvests#5_9_2017_Apiary_Harvest\">here<\/a>. It took two days to harvest, process and bottle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>4\/19\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; A small size hive was removed from a water meter <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2017#removal_36\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>4\/12\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; A medium size hive was removed from a palm tree <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2017#removal_35\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>4\/12\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; UPDATE on the 2\/25\/2017 and 4\/5\/2017 entries described below, The &#8220;second story porch&#8221; beekeeper that <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/beehive-availability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">obtained one of our hives<\/a> a few months ago has done his very first honey harvest which was 4 of the full super&#8217;s capped frames we observed on the 4\/5\/2017 inspection. It is exciting to see the bottles of dark, rich, and sweet honey!! It is proof of what can happen when you are a good beekeeper with healthy, happy bees that have lots of flora to forage. Outstanding accomplishment!!<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul_honey_harvest_4_12_2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2760\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul_honey_harvest_4_12_2017-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul_honey_harvest_4_12_2017-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul_honey_harvest_4_12_2017-130x87.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul_honey_harvest_4_12_2017-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul_honey_harvest_4_12_2017.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>4\/11\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; For the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/thegscc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Genealogical Society of Collier County<\/a> annual dinner meeting, NaplesBees donated a &#8220;honey basket&#8221; to be one of their free raffle gifts. It included three bottles of our honey and multiple kinds of our beeswax candles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Honey_basket_for_GSCC_4_11_2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2754\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Honey_basket_for_GSCC_4_11_2017-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Honey_basket_for_GSCC_4_11_2017-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Honey_basket_for_GSCC_4_11_2017-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Honey_basket_for_GSCC_4_11_2017-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Honey_basket_for_GSCC_4_11_2017-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Honey_basket_for_GSCC_4_11_2017.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>4\/7\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; An inspection was done of the hives located at the Collier County Mosquito Control District Headquarters located at the Naples airport. One hive never seemed to grow since day one, but the other one is an overachiever!! See details and photos <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/hive-inspections-and-harvests#4_7_2017_CMCD_inspection\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>4\/5\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; UPDATE on the 2\/25\/2017 entry described below. We again inspected the hive and all was good. The bees had almost filled the super we put on last month with honey and were in need of the additional space of another super which we added. The &#8220;holy grail&#8221; of many full frames of capped honey is near. The homeowner beekeeper has decided to add a second hive on the second floor deck shortly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/image005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2707\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/image005-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/image005-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/image005-130x97.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/image005-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/image005-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/image005.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>3\/24\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; A small hive in a street side water meter was removed <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2017#removal_34\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>3\/17\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; A medium size hive located in a tree near a house in Golden Gate Estates was removed <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2017#removal_33\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>3\/1\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; A small hive under the roof overhang of a house located off the Immokalee Road in North Naples was removed <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2017#removal_32\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2\/25\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; UPDATE on the 1\/20\/2017 entry described below. We helped with the new beekeeper&#8217;s first inspection of his new hive that was obtained from our apiary. The gentle bees are doing great, almost completely filling the brood box with brood\/pollen\/honey and necessitating the immediate addition of a super to give them more space. The south Naples location has an abundance of flora and the second story deck location seems to suit the bees well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2\/24\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; Our first honey harvest of the year collected 42 pounds of delicious rich golden colored honey <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/hive-inspections-and-harvests#2_24_2017_honey_harvest\">here<\/a>. It is always hard work, but rewarding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2\/17\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; We did an inspection of our two hives located at the Naples airport CMCD. The smaller hive is not doing too well. The queen in that hive does not seem very mature and is not producing very much brood. The larger hive was doing well with lots of bees and activity. It was necessary to add another super to that hive to keep them from running out of space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2\/3\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; A very small hive was removed from a water meter box located at a North Naples residence <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2017#removal_31\">here<\/a>. After a week in our apiary, this one is turning out to be an adventure in unusual activity&#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>1\/25\/2017 and 1\/27\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; Hives were removed from two water meter boxes located at a Naples area church <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2017#removal_30\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>1\/20\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; Think you don&#8217;t have a place to keep bees and become a hobby beekeeper? Think again ! Today we moved one of our apiary established hives to a second story porch of a house located in beautiful south Naples. The Internet is full of stories of city dwellers keeping bees on the roof of high rises, so why not keep bees on your second story porch? We will see how the hive does, but the surrounding area has miles of gorgeous flora which should provide ample nectar and pollen for the bee foragers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2359\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee_hive_on_second_story_porch_1a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2359\" class=\"wp-image-2359 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee_hive_on_second_story_porch_1a-300x173.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee_hive_on_second_story_porch_1a-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee_hive_on_second_story_porch_1a-130x75.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee_hive_on_second_story_porch_1a-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee_hive_on_second_story_porch_1a-624x360.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee_hive_on_second_story_porch_1a.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">A new hobby beekeeper with his hive in its unique second story porch location.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_2357\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee_hive_on_second_story_porch_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2357\" class=\"wp-image-2357 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee_hive_on_second_story_porch_2-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee_hive_on_second_story_porch_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee_hive_on_second_story_porch_2-130x97.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee_hive_on_second_story_porch_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee_hive_on_second_story_porch_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee_hive_on_second_story_porch_2-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee_hive_on_second_story_porch_2-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bee_hive_on_second_story_porch_2.jpg 1203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Happy bees settling in to their new location.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>1\/3\/2017<\/strong> &#8212; Small hive removed from a flower pot <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2017#removal_29\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>12\/9\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; We did another monthly inspection of our Naples Airport Mosquito Control District headquarters located hives. Both hives are doing well with the larger hive&#8217;s super 75% filled with capped honey. Next month&#8217;s inspection may necessitate adding an additional super.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>12\/3\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; Medium size hive removed from a cabinet in an outdoor kitchen located behind a Golden Gate house <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms#removal_28\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>11\/11\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; Medium size hive removed from a water meter <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms#removal_27\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>11\/9\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; The two hives we relocated from our apiary to the Naples Airport Collier Mosquito Control District headquarters on 9\/30\/2016 were inspected today. I was assisted by the onsite beekeeper, Mark, in opening each hive and assessing the condition. We were delighted to find each hive doing well, with the more advanced hive having several frames of capped or nearly all capped honey in its super. Apparently the bees survived the relocation from our apiary with no issues and are thriving in their new surroundings. We will be doing periodic checks going forward with anticipation of some day being rewarded with the area&#8217;s &#8220;black mangrove&#8221; honey !!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2191\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_hives_11_09_2016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2191\" class=\"wp-image-2191 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_hives_11_09_2016-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Mark checking the hives' status.\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_hives_11_09_2016-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_hives_11_09_2016-130x78.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_hives_11_09_2016-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_hives_11_09_2016-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/CMCD_hives_11_09_2016-624x374.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Mark checking the hives&#8217; status. (click on picture for larger view)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>11\/2\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; Yet another medium size hive removed from side of a house <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms#removal_26\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>10\/12\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; Medium size hive removed from side of a house <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms#removal_25\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>10\/5\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; 30 pounds of <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/wp-admin\/hive-inspections-and-harvests#10_5_2016_honey_harvest\">honey was harvested<\/a> from various apiary hives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>10\/3\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; This afternoon we euthanized another of our hives that was extremely aggressive when it was approached for a closer look because it might be getting ready to swarm. Without even disturbing the hive, the bees went defensive, indicating the high probably of Africanized genetics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>9\/30\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; Early this morning, we moved two of our hives to a Naples Airport location almost exactly 3 miles away as the bee flies (5.1 miles driving). Stay tuned for more information in the following weeks for pictures and details as to how they are doing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>9\/30\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; Awesome picture of bearding on a couple of our hives in the early morning hours (snapshot from our BeeCam):<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2111\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_hive_bearding_9_30_2016f.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2111\" class=\"wp-image-2111 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_hive_bearding_9_30_2016f-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"bee_hive_bearding_9_30_2016f\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_hive_bearding_9_30_2016f-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_hive_bearding_9_30_2016f-130x70.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_hive_bearding_9_30_2016f-768x414.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_hive_bearding_9_30_2016f-1024x552.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_hive_bearding_9_30_2016f-624x336.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_hive_bearding_9_30_2016f.jpg 1289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">click on for larger view<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>9\/17\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; Medium size hive removed from a water fountain <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms#removal_24\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>9\/14\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; Small hive removed from a water meter <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms#removal_23\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>9\/11\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; Today we had a couple exuberant visitors. The girls tried on bee suits and then took a walk into our apiary to see the hives up close. It was an exciting time learning all about the bees and how they live and make the honey and wax. Look out Mom and Dad &#8230;&#8230; in a few years they might want a hive of their own in the backyard !!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2075\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_L_and_I_new_beekeepers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2075\" class=\"wp-image-2075 size-medium\" title=\" Click on for larger view.\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_L_and_I_new_beekeepers-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"New beekeepers visit our apiary.\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_L_and_I_new_beekeepers-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_L_and_I_new_beekeepers-130x89.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_L_and_I_new_beekeepers-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_L_and_I_new_beekeepers-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_L_and_I_new_beekeepers-624x429.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_L_and_I_new_beekeepers.jpg 1736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Future new beekeepers visit our apiary.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>9\/3\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; Small hive removed from a window alcove <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms#removal_22\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>8\/31\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; One of our larger hives was euthanized today. When we removed the hive from a compost bin (<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms#removal_5\">Removal 5<\/a>) back in 3\/11\/2016 they were thought to be OK, but may have been more aggressive than what we normally see. Sometimes aggressiveness is hard to judge on a removal because, after all, you are dismantling their house and no bees are ever happy with that. However, our last honey harvest (8\/3\/2016) that involved this hive revealed the bees were overly aggressive and were attacking my suit and gloves by the hundreds. Good beekeeping means keeping good bees (non Africanized genetics). The decision was made at that point to euthanize the colony. Requeening was not an option we wanted to do in this case. Today, with a bin of soapy water and spraying with soapy water solution the hive was destroyed without any chemicals. Although necessary, it was sad to do as it was a very large hive (probably 30-40K bees) and a honey producer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>8\/26\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; Small hive removed <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms#removal_21\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>8\/19\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; Small hive removed <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms#removal_20\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>8\/3\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; 56 pounds of <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"hive-inspections-and-harvests#8_3_2016_honey_harvest\">honey was harvested<\/a> from four of our hives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>7\/27\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; We removed another <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms#removal_19\">very large hive<\/a> underneath a mobile home in East Naples.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>7\/24\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; We removed a <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/bee-removals-and-swarms#removal_18\">very large hive<\/a> on the side of a home in Bonita Springs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>7\/5\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; Apiary bees are <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/hive-inspections-and-harvests#7_5_2016_apiary_status\">looking busy<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>7\/1\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; We did another inspection of most of the hives in our apiary. Some hives have a lot of honey but not all was capped yet. We added more supers. <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_shaken_from_hive_10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1833\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_shaken_from_hive_10-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"bee_shaken_from_hive_10\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_shaken_from_hive_10-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_shaken_from_hive_10-130x87.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_shaken_from_hive_10-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_shaken_from_hive_10-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_shaken_from_hive_10-624x418.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_shaken_from_hive_10-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_shaken_from_hive_10.jpg 1054w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Hives #5 and #10 were weak with no queen or larva. They were shaken out and this will give us space for some more removals from the field. Here is a picture of the bees that were shaken out from hive #10 as they all returned and congregated at the location where their hive used to be. Eventually most of the bees should be accepted into other hives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>6\/17\/2016<\/strong> &#8212; We did a quick inspection of most of the hives in our apiary. Hives #2 and #7 showed their super(s) were about maxed out so an additional super was added to each. We expect to be able to harvest some honey in another couple weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>6\/5\/<\/strong><strong>20<\/strong><strong>16<\/strong> &#8211; We did a difficult <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/swarm-catching-15\/\">removal of a medium size hive<\/a> from a concrete block wall in the Lakewood area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>6\/3\/<\/strong><strong>20<\/strong><strong>16<\/strong> &#8211; We <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/swarm-catching-14\/\">removed a good size hive<\/a> from the wall of an old construction trailer in Golden Gate Estates. It involved cutting away the interior wall to access the long combs which were then cut up to fit into multiple deep frames.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>5\/31\/<\/strong><strong>20<\/strong><strong>16<\/strong> &#8211; We <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/swarm-catching-13\/\">removed a Naples area small hive located in a water meter<\/a>. The hive was fairly gentle and the queen was captured. Interestingly, we almost gave up on finding the queen because she was not found to be on any of the removed comb. Instead she was found hiding under a small screwed down plastic compartment on the underside of the water meter lid&#8230;&#8230;.. amazing!! We&#8217;ll be placing the hive in our apiary in the coming days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>5\/28\/<\/strong><strong>20<\/strong><strong>16<\/strong> &#8211; Hive #6, a small swarm capture, had been abandoned. Even though comb with eggs was added recently, this hive just didn&#8217;t seem to be able to make it. Abandoned comb was very clean. BeeCam night vision repaired today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>5\/14\/<\/strong><strong>20<\/strong><strong>16<\/strong> &#8211; We did an <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/hive-inspections-and-harvests#5_14_2016_harvest\">unplanned small honey harvest<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>5\/13\/<\/strong><strong>20<\/strong><strong>16<\/strong> &#8211; We are down to 9 hives in the apiary. Details <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/hive-inspections-and-harvests#5_13_2016_status\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>4\/30\/<\/strong><strong>20<\/strong><strong>16<\/strong> &#8211; We <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/swarm-catching-12\/\">removed a small swarm<\/a> hive from a water meter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>4\/23\/<\/strong><strong>20<\/strong><strong>16<\/strong> &#8211; We <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/swarm-catching-11\/\">removed a small swarm<\/a> hive from a flower pot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>4\/22\/<\/strong><strong>20<\/strong><strong>16<\/strong> &#8211; Hive # 6 hive didn&#8217;t make it. This was the hive that was originally from <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/swarm-catching-7\/\">Swarm Catch&#8211;7<\/a>, which was very small and subsequently added to with <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/swarm-catching-9\/\">Swarm Catch-9<\/a> . It was always iffy because of the very small number of total bees. Our remaining nuc (caught from a swarm from Hive #9) and Hive #3 (from <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/swarm-catching-10\/\">Swarm Catch-10<\/a> ) both have multiple queen cups that should be hatching soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>4\/16\/<\/strong><strong>20<\/strong><strong>16<\/strong> &#8211; We removed a large hive from a gazebo and relocated it to our apiary. See the pictures <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/swarm-catching-10\/\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>4\/8\/<\/strong><strong>20<\/strong><strong>16<\/strong> &#8211; <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Wildflower Apiary status as of 4\/8\/16\" href=\"\/hive-inspections-and-harvests\/#4_8_2016_status\">Wildflower Apiary is booming<\/a>. Between the hive removals\/relocations done recently (see immediately below) and a hive swarm catch a few days ago from one of our older established hives, the apiary is up to 8 hives and the new hives and older hives are all doing well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>3\/21\/<\/strong><strong>20<\/strong><strong>16<\/strong> &#8211; We have a few new hives started after recovering three swarms as detailed <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Bee removal from a compost bin\" href=\"\/swarm-catching-5\/\">here<\/a> and <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Swarm removal from a shed roof\" href=\"\/swarm-catching-6\/\">here<\/a> and <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Swarm removal from a palm tree\" href=\"\/swarm-catching-7\/\">here<\/a>. It&#8217;s too early to tell how they will turn out, but they both transported well and seemed to have settled in well to their new location.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2\/29\/<\/strong><strong>20<\/strong><strong>16<\/strong> &#8211; A newly acquired &#8220;ventilated&#8221; <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/gear\/#ventilated_beesuit\">bee suit<\/a> hopefully offers some relief to the hot southwest Florida bee yard work this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">12\/19\/<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">20<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>15<\/strong> &#8211; Playing around with <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/gear\/#candle1\">candle making<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">11\/22\/<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">20<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>15<\/strong> &#8211; We completed our <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/gear\/#beevac\">bee vac<\/a><\/span> project<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">11\/17\/<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">20<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>15<\/strong> &#8211; We got an email from John in Marco Island concerning a couple hives in a tree on the side of his house. We took a look at the situation and were able to remove one of the hives. More details and progress <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/swarm-catching-4\/\">here<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">11\/15\/<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">20<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>15<\/strong> &#8211; We have lost another hive. Hive #6 population had gone way down and has no brood or queen. Wax moths have started to take hold. The swarm capture below did not survive either, as I don&#8217;t think it ever had a queen. We are currently down to 3 hives&#8230;&#8230;. beekeeping is not always easy!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">10\/<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">31\/20<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>15<\/strong> &#8211; We had quite a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"A Swarm Adventure in the apiary\" href=\"\/swarm-catching-3\/\">a swarm adventure<\/a><\/span> on Saturday as our biggest hive decided to produce a small swarm. We chased it for a few hours and ended up with a surprising result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">10\/<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">14\/20<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>15<\/strong> &#8211; On a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"10\/14\/2015 honey harvest\" href=\"\/hive-inspections-and-harvests#10_14_2015_harvest\">recent small honey harvest<\/a><\/span>, we tried a new homemade honeycomb press for the first time. It is a<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"> great tool for the job and well worth the time and effort to make. Click <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Homemade honeycomb press\" href=\"\/gear#honey_press\">here<\/a> for details and pictures.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">10\/<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">3\/20<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>15<\/strong> &#8211; Ever wondered how they do it? <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Victoria's homemade lip balm\" href=\"\/gear#Victoria\">Check out Victoria&#8217;s project<\/a><\/span> making lip balm from some recently gathered beeswax. She said it is not easy to make, but the end product turned out to be fantastic. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">9\/<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">7\/20<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>15<\/strong> &#8211; Hive #9 inspection showed it had a large mature looking queen. Since no queen cups were seen and this queen was too mature to have come from the egg\/larva frame added on 9\/2\/2015 (see below), it must have been there previously and missed on those inspections. Having a queen that we missed in past inspections would also explain why we saw no queen cells built.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">9\/<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">2\/20<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>15<\/strong> &#8211; Hive #9 is continuing to be a problem with getting a good queen est<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">ablished. Today, we made yet another attempt by again taking a frame of eggs\/larva from hive #7 (a successfully self queened hive) and placing into hive #9. This is about the fifth attempt. Previous tries have resulted in either no queen or very immature (or poorly mated) queens that just did not produce any brood. On another note&#8230;&#8230; the overall honey production by all hives is way down this year because of the very wet weather. In fact, <a href=\"www.americanbeejournal.com\/site\/epage\/86437_828.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">published reports indicate Florida and South Georgia<\/span> <\/a>will probably end up this season with an extremely low honey crop. The only good aspect to this is that I am now reasonably sure that our lack of honey this year is not due to something we are doing wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>8\/13\/20<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>15<\/strong> &#8211; An inspection about 6 days ago showed hive #9 had lost its queen (which had been marked but did seem rather small and possibly not well mated), so a few frames of eggs\/larva\/brood from hive #4 were placed in it. Today&#8217;s inspection showed about 7 capped queen cells. Cages were placed around two of the queen cells. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">8\/4\/20<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>15<\/strong> &#8211; Hive #9 now has a marked queen and appears to have been accept<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">ed. We&#8217;ve made a short video of the new queens in the new hives #7 and #9 and can be seen on this link: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"New Queens\" href=\"\/hive-inspections-and-harvests#8_1_2015_newqueens\">New Queens<\/a>.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hive_7_day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1074 aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hive_7_day-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"Hive_7_day\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hive_7_day-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hive_7_day-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hive_7_day-624x348.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hive_7_day.jpg 1266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hive_7_night.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1066 alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hive_7_night-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"Hive_7_night\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hive_7_night-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hive_7_night-1024x556.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hive_7_night-624x339.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hive_7_night.jpg 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_hanging_out_hive_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1096 aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_hanging_out_hive_4-300x279.jpg\" alt=\"bees_hanging_out_hive_4\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_hanging_out_hive_4-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_hanging_out_hive_4-1024x953.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_hanging_out_hive_4-624x581.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bees_hanging_out_hive_4.jpg 1466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Above top two pictures are day and night pictures of the front entrance beecam still shots of hive #7 &#8212; that is one of the new hives made from a split. The digital thermometer shows the brood box temperature. Click on the picture for a larger view. The third picture is just a fun shot of hive #4 hanging out on a sunny afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">7\/<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>24\/2015<\/strong> &#8211; Hive #9 inspection showed all the queen cells have hatched but no <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">sign <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">of a queen except for the one cell I had caged. It has an active queen confined. We are expecting bad weather for the next few days, so she will remain confined for a while before deciding to release her in this hive or make a new nuc.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>7\/22\/2015<\/strong> &#8211; Hive #7 still has a good looking queen, so this may be a successful split. The hive is full of bees, so I may need to add a super to it on the next visit. Hive #9 still has capped queen cells that are due to hatch this week. We repositioned the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"BeeCam\" href=\"\/beecam\/\">beecam<\/a> to watch hive #7 and also added a digital thermometer to show the core brood box temperature, which healthy bees will keep around 96 F regardless of the outside temperature.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>7\/18\/2015<\/strong> &#8211; Hive #7 inspection revealed it has a good looking queen. Let&#8217;s hope she decides to stay at home this time (third attempt on this hive to raise a queen). Hive #9 has multiple queen cells, one of which I put a cage around and two more that are uncaged. When they hatch, the cage will prevent the fact that the first hatched tries to kill all the other potential queens. Perhaps we will be able to use the caged queen to make another nuc.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>7\/9\/2015<\/strong> &#8211; We took a couple frames out of hive #4 today and put them into hive #9, which is the hive described <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/swarm-catching-2\/\">here<\/a> where the bees just vanished. It will be interesting to see what happens with this queenless hive.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>7\/8\/2015<\/strong> &#8211; We took a frame of brood\/eggs out of hive #1 on 7\/4\/2015 and placed into hive #7 in an attempt to get them to make a queen. Today&#8217;s inspection showed three or four nicely developing queen cells on the bottom of a frame. Maybe the third attempt will succeed !!<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>7\/1\/2015<\/strong> &#8211; We were asked to take a look at a hive that established itself in an upside down flower pot located near a storage shed. See the details of moving this nice hive <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\/swarm-catching-2\/\">here<\/a> and the end result in only a day, along with more continuing updates posted.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>5\/28 &#8211; 5\/29\/2015<\/strong> &#8211; Hive #5 was not going very well with no larva\/brood\/queen. It was combined into hive #7 with a couple frames of eggs\/brood from hive #4 which was very strong and reaching its brood box limit. The saga of the purchased queens has not gone well considering 3 or the 4 hives created with the new queens did not seem to be able to survive.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>5\/15\/2015<\/strong> &#8211; An inspection of hives showed #7 and #8 to be queenless and no brood\/larva\/eggs. Both the hives had weak population. #8 was combined with #7 and a frame of brood\/larva\/eggs from hive #6 was added. We will see if they are able to make a new queen and survive. It is possible that the 4\/29\/2015 storm that damaged the hives is the root cause of this problem as these two hives were the weakest and newest splits.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>4\/29\/2015<\/strong> &#8211; A storm front blew through here at 3:30 AM causing some damage to our hives. Winds were reminiscent of past hurricane speed winds with the pine trees bending way over. All the brick held down shade tops and sugar syrup feed bottles were blown off, but the hives stayed intact except for water getting in from the bottle cutouts. A 4 AM temporary repair helped and in the later morning things were put back in order with the bees slowly recovering&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. whew&#8230;&#8230; it could have been a lot worse !!<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>4\/25\/2015<\/strong> &#8211; Inspection revealed all the 4\/21 inserted queen cages into hives #5,6,7, and 8 have been opened by the bees and have queens roaming through the frames. This is a very good sign for going forward into spring.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>4\/22\/2015<\/strong> &#8211; Hive #1 has a queen! Where it came from is a mystery, but I must have missed it with last month&#8217;s and recent weeks inspections (detailed below). Also 4 new Italian queens were obtained from <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Queen Bees obtained from Carpenters Bees\" href=\"carpentersapiaries.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carpentersapiaries.com<\/a> and have been placed into new hives that were built from frames from hive #1 and hive #4. The new hives are now known as hives #5,6,7, and 8<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>7\/1\/2014<\/strong> &#8211; A picture of the experimental &#8220;anti ant&#8221; pvc\/cement block posts stand that eventually went on to be incorporated in the design for all of our apiary hive stands.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_6026\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/early_hive_stand.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6026\" class=\"wp-image-6026 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/early_hive_stand-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/early_hive_stand-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/early_hive_stand-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/early_hive_stand-130x98.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/early_hive_stand-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/early_hive_stand-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/early_hive_stand-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/early_hive_stand-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/early_hive_stand.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2014 view of apiary hive and stand. Click on picture for a larger view.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Various views of the NaplesBees apiary over the years:<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_yard_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-812 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_yard_3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Current Bee Yard\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_yard_3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_yard_3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_yard_3-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_yard_3-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_yard_3.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Apiary view in April 2015 (click on picture for larger view)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_yard_april_2016a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1515 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_yard_april_2016a-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"bee_yard_april_2016a\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_yard_april_2016a-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_yard_april_2016a-130x78.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_yard_april_2016a-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_yard_april_2016a-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/bee_yard_april_2016a-624x374.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Apiary view in April 2016 (click on picture for larger view)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2919\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_5_31_2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2919\" class=\"wp-image-2919 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_5_31_2017-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_5_31_2017-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_5_31_2017-130x106.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_5_31_2017-768x625.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_5_31_2017-1024x833.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_5_31_2017-624x508.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_5_31_2017.jpg 2010w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NaplesBees.com 16 hive aiary as of May, 2017 (click on for larger view)<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_2163\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_10_27_16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2163\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2163\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_10_27_16-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Apiary as of October 2016 (click on for larger view)\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_10_27_16-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_10_27_16-130x78.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_10_27_16-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_10_27_16-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_10_27_16-624x374.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">12 hive apiary as of October 2016 (click on for larger view)<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; NaplesBees Apiary &#8212;&#8211; Older news about the NaplesBees apiary: (see Home Page for latest news and activity) \u00a011\/7\/2019 &#8211; We did our\u00a0 third honey harvest of the year. 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