So about a month ago, I started looking at my equipment, most of which is down cellar. I had moth larvae all over, but saw no moths, thankfully. My comb was basically gone. At that time, I cleaned off all the comb and threw it out. My bees this year will have to work harder making new comb.
I also decided to not store hives down in the basement anymore. So I moved all deeps and supers to the fenced bee yard where they are sitting pretty, empty right now but clean and ready for use. I do have several frames of honey in one hive so those will need to be brought in and extracted before the new bees arrive.
Yesterday, I planted some early crops...arugula, mesclun, spinach, swiss chard and peas. I have a row tent to protect seeds from critters (at least from above). Last year, moles seemed to find food from below. The row cover did help a lot last year and I used the white sheer cloth over the other seeds too.
Happy spring! And let the dandelions bloom!
