From: Cylvia Hayes
Sent: Wed Dec 24 19:43:09 2014
To: Farrier, Rich
Subject: Re: bees at Mahonia
Importance: Normal
Greetings Rich,
We do not need the honey right away. Do you what causes a hive to be a dead out? I thought that one closes tot the house had a great queen and all was going well.
Thanks,
C
Cylvia Hayes
First Lady
State of Oregon
503.378.3111
From: "Farrier, Rich" <rfarrier@co.linn.or.us>
Date: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 5:04 PM
To: Cylvia Hayes <cylhayes@gmail.com>
Subject: bees at Mahonia
Hello Cylvia,
I had the opportunity to look in the top of the two hives there at Mahonia on Monday. The hive closest to the house is a dead-out. The other hive is very strong for December. I'll get the dead out going again this spring. I didn't take the time to clean out the dead-out. I did see where there is a pile of dead bees on the bottom board. I have one dead-out hive at home, so two hives lost so far. That's not bad at all.
I still have about two cases of honey left in the bucket. Mary is going to order two more cases of jars. I probably won't be in a big hurry to bottle them unless you need them right away.
Cheers,
Rich Farrier