Two years ago this week, Greg and I picked up our first two packages from Geoff Wilson and moved them into our first hives. Whew, the things that we didn’t know that we didn’t know.

Fast forward two years and we’ve gone from two guys who had never looked inside a bee hive to two guys trying to take over the world with a new way of doing things.

We made our first hive split on May 2 this year. It’s almost unheard of to have enough drones out and flying that early to be able to raise new queens, but the early spring was on our side. The queen that they raised in that first split matches the timelines perfectly and the brood pattern is perfect. I’m going to try my hand at breeding queens and will be basing the line upon her.

So, from a low of three hives at the beginning of May, we’re back up to 8 and counting. With a great queen and a bit of luck, I’ll be able to make some nucs up soon and really kick into high gear. 

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