THOSE WHITE HOUSE BEES

摘要

I gave Charlie Brandts a call in May to see how those White House bees were progressing, how things were going as far as visitors, educational opportunities and other guests were moving along, and how his bees at home were doing, which aren't all thatfar away. Charlie's locally raised, open mated, survivor Carnio-lan-like queen in the White House hive has been going gangbusters since early Spring, packing in brood and bees, and the bees are packing in honey (three supers by June). The biggest obstacle Charlie has with this very unique beeyard is moving bees out of it if he was to make a split because taking a split home on the train isn't in the best interests of the bees, and the overriding concern of keeping only a single colony on the White House lawn. One is enough so making more isn't in the equation.