Last night a deer got into the yard where my peppers are. They destroyed some tomatoes and really pruned back some of my peppers. I think they will survive but it’s pretty late in the season. I wasn’t sure how much of a crop I was going to have as not much fruit has set yet.
I still have several habaneros that weren’t damaged.
I’m glad they were in grow bags and I could move them to the upper deck.
Last night a deer got into the yard where my peppers are. They destroyed some tomatoes and really pruned back some of my peppers. I think they will survive but it’s pretty late in the season. I wasn’t sure how much of a crop I was going to have as not much fruit has set yet.
I still have several habaneros that weren’t damaged.
I’m glad they were in grow bags and I could move them to the upper deck.
We picked up our little guy yesterday. He is tiny, at 9 weeks he weighs 3lbs.
He is so playful and funny.
I have never had such a small little friend. Any tips or advice?
This is my third season keeping bees in the Pacific Northwest, I keep bees for several years in the northern prairies before this.
I have never seen this before. The entire colony is much smaller than my other ones so some of this is likely just genetics of the Queen. I treated for mites and had no mites in a wash in April. Haven’t treated or tested since, I will test tomorrow.
The broad pattern is stellar but it’s good. Not my most vibrant Queen but there are still 6 frames with brood which to me is pretty good.
There were many of these tiny little bees with small eyes and furry faces.
What causes this?
With so many posts about Bonnets actually being mushroom I thought I would ask…..
Is this a Scotch Bonnet?
How many queen cells should be left in a walkaway split?
I did a split on May 30. According to the Iowa online calendar today is the day the queens should emerge. I was resolved to not open the hive at all and just check for eggs after July 1, but I got concerned and wanted a “back up” if the new queen failed. Yesterday, the day before the scheduled emergence I stole a frame with 4 queen cells and put in a nuc at a different location.
My question is should I have culled a few of the queen cells that are left behind?
I stopped pulling frames after stealing one and confirming that there were still good looking queen cells left behind so I don’t know for sure how many there are but for sure at least 6.
I had thought about putting a cage around a couple cells to protect them from the first to emerge but didn’t. Is that a good plan in the future?
I want to purchase a still from Ali express, strictly for the purification of water……..
It is labeled as an alcohol distilling apparatus. Has anyone had issue with customs when ordering equipment into Canada ?
I can’t be certain but I think I managed to get before and after mating pics of my new queen.
The first one is from May 19, the second one is from May 27
I believe this Queen is from a capped Queen cell that I first saw on the 8th. I can’t say with certainty what happened to the previous Queen but when I inspected on the 8th I could not find her or any fresh eggs. Today I saw this bee and no eggs, no capped brood, there are a good amount of workers. They are brining in lots of resources, but still have room for brood.
I’m hoping that 5gallons will be enough to produce Black Jalapeños and Scotch Bonnets
I purchased and stl of a creator on cults, they are no responding to my requests.
I want to separate a portion of the Stl.
I am capable enough with CAD but mostly use Fusion and the hobbyist license is very slow when working g with large mesh files.
Is there anyone out there that could give me a quote for separating the model into parts?