Harris Hives

10/12/2026

Going through some colonies today to check mite counts following a Formic pro treatment and was disappointed to see a swarm take flight (or an abscond) in the middle of an inspection. Not sure where they came from but I collected the bees and found the queen and gave them a frame of open brood. Let’s see what they do now….

10/08/2026

I will be at the Pittsboro Farmers Market this afternoon with local honey from this year. Come on out on this beautiful afternoon and a special treat will be the Northwood HS marching band entertaining us!

09/11/2026

Dang-not what I wanted to see in my alcohol wash. At least the alcohol wash had zero mites. But now they need to be requeened. 😭😭😭

09/10/2026

It is a warm afternoon at the but there are several vendors here with a lot of great local products. Stop by and pick up some local, raw honey or taste some of the delicious varietal honey that is available in North Carolina!

08/08/2026

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07/03/2026

It is very sad to hear and see information about adulterated/fake honey. We need better labeling practices so that consumers understand what is in the product they purchased and where the honey is from. Unfortunately, the US imports about 70% of honey from other countries. Know your beekeeper and the source of honey. Cheap honey isn’t often real and real honey isn’t cheap!

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06/07/2026

I opened this mating nuc up and a frame had three previous JZBZ queen cups that were still in place. The bees decided to use these as swarm cells or supercedure cells. None of these were capped but you can see they added royal jelly and there is a larvae in that cup! It is the strangest thing I have seen in a while.

06/05/2026

Not the best take but I have enough cells to fill some mating nucs that had failed queens.

06/04/2026

We are at the today until 6pm. Stop by to get some freshly harvested 2026 Chatham county honey!

05/29/2026

Getting a little grafting in this morning. Will see how many take on Sunday.