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Setting up the apiary with 5 young colonies, March 2022
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Setting up the apiary with 5 young colonies, March 2022
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Setting up the apiary with 5 young colonies, March 2022
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One of our hives is equipped with windows, allowing a view into the colony from all sides.
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This was not planned! But we could catch the swarm and obtain an additional colony.
First Honey Harvest
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A well-filled honeycomb
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Removal of wax prior to honey extraction
Comb honey
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Filling the first jar of ETH campus honey
Queen rearing
Grafting
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Queen rearing 2023:
Breeding frame with sealed queen cells
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June 2023:
Our two-frame mating units in three boxes, each harboring four units.
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Our apiary, early August 2022
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Our apiary, December 2023