Anyway, I wasn't sure if it would be warm enough to go into the hive, or even if they would like the mixture I had made. My car was parked up at the care taker's house - a few hundred yards maybe from the hive. The passenger side door was opened and I was standing outside the car talking with Marnie, another volunteer. I looked over and there was a honey bee rummaging around in the open bag I had on the floor which contained the Bee Tea! "She found it - all the way up here! I exclaimed." It was so cute! I poured some of the tea in the lid of the jar so she could drink from it - which she did. Well, I guess that answered my questions... and off I went to put the jar in the hive.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Bee Tea: Batch #1
Today I took a modified version of Spikenard Farm's Bee Tea with me to the sanctuary. It was modified in that I only used chamomile and nettle leaf in the tea since those are what I had on hand. There are several other herbs recommended on the Spikenard website - which is a beautiful site to visit and one of my top references: http://spikenardfarm.org/beekeeping_tips.html
Anyway, I wasn't sure if it would be warm enough to go into the hive, or even if they would like the mixture I had made. My car was parked up at the care taker's house - a few hundred yards maybe from the hive. The passenger side door was opened and I was standing outside the car talking with Marnie, another volunteer. I looked over and there was a honey bee rummaging around in the open bag I had on the floor which contained the Bee Tea! "She found it - all the way up here! I exclaimed." It was so cute! I poured some of the tea in the lid of the jar so she could drink from it - which she did. Well, I guess that answered my questions... and off I went to put the jar in the hive.
Anyway, I wasn't sure if it would be warm enough to go into the hive, or even if they would like the mixture I had made. My car was parked up at the care taker's house - a few hundred yards maybe from the hive. The passenger side door was opened and I was standing outside the car talking with Marnie, another volunteer. I looked over and there was a honey bee rummaging around in the open bag I had on the floor which contained the Bee Tea! "She found it - all the way up here! I exclaimed." It was so cute! I poured some of the tea in the lid of the jar so she could drink from it - which she did. Well, I guess that answered my questions... and off I went to put the jar in the hive.
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beautiful Molly!
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