Protect Your Bees

I got my first experience with the damage a mouse can cause on a colony of bees this year, It was a lesson I won't soon forget!  A local beekeeper passed away recently and the family asked Jeff to sell off his excess equipment and remove a couple remaining hives of bees that had not been touched since last October. First the bees were relocated because family members said they were allergic. Second we were very busy with packages, nucs, removals and swarms. Inspection of those hives would have to wait.

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