05/14/2026
Our replacement hive came in this morning and once the rain moved out Tim was able to welcome the new ladies home. This is a strong and happy hive! While waiting for the rain to clear I was reframing their brood box and making their sugar elixir in the kitchen and just the strong vibrstion buzz off this hive made me smile. So vibrant! These are Italian Honeybees; the worlds most widespread breed of the species. They are popular amongst greenhorn bee keepers as they are very chill and are good foragers. They are also less likely to swarm out on ya but, as we all remember the day our hive swarmed on camera for us, less likely doesnt mean wont lol. So now we host 2 bee species here - Buckfast and Italian and while it wasnt in the plan, if things go right (one can always dream) then when we split these hives it would bee possible for a hybrid mix of the 2 breeds and could prove to bee phenomenal. We shall see! We do have some supplies - snacks to meds to tools- on our wish list if you’d like to celebrate their homecoming with us! Find our wish list here and stay tuned for the new cast and crew of Days of our Hives, Chaos edition. https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1OJ2Q9DLNOIHB?ref_=wl_share