Jim's Bees NH

Jim's Bees NH Hi, as you can guess from the title of this page my name is Jim.

At this point in time I created this page to share my interest of keeping bees with you, give you something fun to follow. :)

Along with being on a grafting schedule this summer I'm trying to get some warre (pile box) style hives set up as mating...
05/31/2026

Along with being on a grafting schedule this summer I'm trying to get some warre (pile box) style hives set up as mating nucs. Today I put some bees with comb I cut up and a cell in. Let's see if it takes. Bottom box has a divider, 4 frames on each side with and entrance out each side (double). Top box is a shell covering feed jar.

05/30/2026

Mmmm cells.

First graft 2026. 32 cells. This season I'm trying to dial some things in and multiple rounds of grafting is top on the ...
05/23/2026

First graft 2026. 32 cells. This season I'm trying to dial some things in and multiple rounds of grafting is top on the list.

Earlier this spring I had a bear visit and take out some over wintered nucs and a honey producer. I moved the remaining ...
05/17/2026

Earlier this spring I had a bear visit and take out some over wintered nucs and a honey producer. I moved the remaining back to my house and finished up the new and improved out yard. Maybe a little excessive on the double fencing but when you have it sitting around not in use.... Hives coming back soon.

05/15/2026

Cell builder 4/15/26 Set up 1.

Every hive was ACTIVE today!!
05/10/2026

Every hive was ACTIVE today!!

05/10/2026

April 2026 Bee Report. 18 days of flight, pollen coming in, drone cells and a couple drones walking around, equalized an...
05/02/2026

April 2026 Bee Report. 18 days of flight, pollen coming in, drone cells and a couple drones walking around, equalized and started to feed over wintered nucs, and reversed and added supers. I had a bear take out 4 nucs and one production hive. I found the queen from the production hive and set her back up, but that hive is in the "ICU". I set up two packages I got. With the packages I'm just managing them as if I just got into bees and documenting what I'm doing. I'll share more later on that. Plants I notice "waking up": dandelion, maple, skunk cabbage, forsythia. I did take note that when I saw the yellow buds of the forsythia I noticed capped drone cells in the hives. For the most part I let the bees grow for April. The picture is of my new apiary informant.

Happy May 1. I told my daughter if this things goes on sale I'm going to buy it, well it went on sale. :)
05/01/2026

Happy May 1. I told my daughter if this things goes on sale I'm going to buy it, well it went on sale. :)

05/01/2026

Time to bring in the 🐎

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