Yesterday Allen the Beekeeper invited my friend Donna and I to his place to help do a hive check and learn about bees.

We also installed a new hive at my place, which is quite exciting.

At the end of the beekeeping lesson, we got bees!

Those are in the backyard now – I’m looking forward to higher yields on my squash and other bee-pollinated vegetables.

While I was with Allen he let me do some recording, so here’s a free beekeeping lesson from one of the most knowledgeable folks I know:

He covers how to check if a queen is laying, what to do with hive beetles, shows how he joined a feral colony into a brood box and more. Really cool stuff and fascinating if you love bees and want to keep some honey bees in your backyard.

Thanks, Allen.

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