Facing The Inevitable: How To Clean Out & Learn From A Dead Beehive
For a new apiarist — who ’s freshly clothe in woodenware and a buzzing package of bees , dressed in a crisp , white beesuit — the thought of cleaning up after a dead beehive or morbid settlement might be daunting . Or rather , unthinkable . But if you ’re in beekeeping long enough , it ’s an inevitability . Honeybee hives do n’t last indefinitely , and it ’s a rough lesson to take , even if your hive is a few little years honest-to-goodness , or if your bees have swarmed and re - queen a dozen time ....