In East Tennessee, the bees are getting busy. In this video we get some things done around the yard in anticipation of the season picking up. We put in new Apimaye bottom boards to start trapping pollen, cut brood frames down to 5 frames per colony and equalized where needed, moved the nests to the bottom section of our double deep hives, and made sure they all have fondant, pollen sub and a dose of probiotic.












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