Effective Hive Inspections
The speaker got into beekeeping in the 70s after taking a course at Cornell University.
- They kept bees in the late 70s and early 80s but stopped until two years ago when they retired and got back into it.
- In their first year back, their hive swarmed and did not survive the winter.
- Last year, they bought two packages and successfully split them into three hives, which all survived the winter.
- The speaker uses a smoker to calm and confuse the bees when opening the hives.