u/CrispyScallion

4th year beek in NE TN here. We had a mild-ish winter, a fitful spring, and summer has been great.

I have caucasians and know they are heavy on the propolis. The gals in this one hive and off the chain. It's the first time I've seen this behavior. The colony is 2nd year in fantastic health, requeened last spring, and the boxes are fairly new.

Every time I examine the hive (and this was before requeening) they completely covered the oval hole in the inner cover. It's a LOT of plug. I keep pulling it out so the boxes will have ventilation but they keep plugging it back up. I examine once every 10 or so days.

Any thoughts?

Hi - this is such an odd question that I immediately thought of r/beekeeping as a resource.

Our local association's December meeting is a potluck with honey bee-oriented games and prizes and I'm in charge of the game.

We've done "Bee Jeopardy" with teams and queen-spotting slides (thank you r/queenspotting!) on the TV. Any other ideas? We have a large TV but no gaming stuff. It would have to come off my computer to the TV.

Thanks!

I'm in NE TN, USDA zone 6a, and caught a swarm on April 3rd in an evergreen tree near my driveway. In typical springtime fashion, my apiary was filling up fast so I left them near the driveway and affectionately refer to them as my driveway bees. Well, this swarm proceeded to draw out 10 frames of foundation and draw out my Ross Rounds super too. Much to my surprise, the driveway bees swarmed yesterday, May 10th, 37 days later. Is this some kind of World Record? Should I be impressed by the queen's fecundity or pinch her little head off and requeen????