<![CDATA[Yunzow Family Farm - creatures Blog]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:32:55 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[New chicks!!!]]>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:36:18 GMThttps://www.yunzowfamilyfarm.net/creatures-blog/new-chicks
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Our nine new chicks are filled to the brim with life and joyfulness. They may be small in size, but they hold a massive place in our hearts! Get ready for a new season of feather-covered friends!
]]><![CDATA[New hens]]>Mon, 11 Jul 2022 01:14:00 GMThttps://www.yunzowfamilyfarm.net/creatures-blog/new-hensWe got two new chickens today.  This one is #12, I am calling her, because of the band on her leg.]]><![CDATA[drones]]>Thu, 10 Jun 2021 03:28:39 GMThttps://www.yunzowfamilyfarm.net/creatures-blog/drones
]]><![CDATA[Still foraging...]]>Sat, 09 Nov 2019 20:21:07 GMThttps://www.yunzowfamilyfarm.net/creatures-blog/still-foraging
]]><![CDATA[Thermal video of the "blue ribbon" hive]]>Sun, 08 Sep 2019 03:57:06 GMThttps://www.yunzowfamilyfarm.net/creatures-blog/thermal-video-of-the-blue-ribbon-hive
]]><![CDATA[Thermal video of the short-cut hive]]>Sun, 08 Sep 2019 02:23:20 GMThttps://www.yunzowfamilyfarm.net/creatures-blog/thermal-video-of-the-short-cut-hive
]]><![CDATA[Bearding]]>Tue, 25 Jun 2019 19:42:00 GMThttps://www.yunzowfamilyfarm.net/creatures-blog/beardingBearding is a common occurrence with bee hives.  Literally, there are too many bees inside the hive, so they hang out outside the hive.  This could be due to crowding, or possibly it's too hot in there.
]]><![CDATA[our hives!]]>Fri, 21 Jun 2019 13:07:33 GMThttps://www.yunzowfamilyfarm.net/creatures-blog/short-cut-hiveWe have five bee hives.  They are all in the first year.
The first one here I refer to as the "swarm-trap hive" because that was its original purpose.  My friend Forrest caught a swam in a cardboard box.  I decided to put it in the swarm-trap and see how it would do if I left it in there.
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This next hive I refer to as the "Blue Ribbon Hive".  I installed a package from the "Fat Bee Man" into this hive at the very end of winter.
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This hive I refer to as the "Heart Hive" or "Queenie".  This is because when I installed the package this winter, the queen was DOA.  The Fat Bee Man's son graciously sent me a replacement queen.
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This one I call the "spiral hive".  This hive is kind of a Frankenstein.  In late April I installed a Langstroth nuc into this hive, but it isn't a langstroth hive.  So the first half of the hive are the typical Langstroth frames and the second half of the hive are "deep" foundation less frames.
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This one I call the "short-cut hive".  It is because of the way I made it.  I was running out of time the day before I had to pick up the nucs from Blue Ridge.  So ended up gluing the three main sections together, skipping the support pieces I included in the "spiral hive".  So far so good!  It is way "bearding" now.
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