#fiubeekeeping

[plantman-dan]

A quick inspection to see these hives are bustling and looking great! They're both moving up into the second brood box, building comb, storing nectar and pollen, making bee bread and the 👸queens👸 have already laid eggs. Soon enough they'll be ready for honey supers 🍯🐝🍯 _ #beesinthegarden #gardenhoney #miamibeachbotanicalgarden #apiculture #apiary #apis #honeybees #bees #nectar #pollen #beebread #queenbee #beekeeping #fiu #fiubeekeeping #southfloridabeekeepingassociation #inbeeswetrust #optoutside (at Miami Beach Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4sANL-gnNG/?igshid=wict0fslhnne

[plantman-dan]

It was an incredible honor to have presented at Miami Dade College Hialeah campus for their Bee Day event, and representing the FIU South Florida Beekeeping Association. Spreading awareness, and the importance of our native pollinators is invaluable. These students, if nothing else, now understand their connection to every meal and their surrounding environment that supports them. @miasteamed did great in motivating students to become involved in their communities to become advocates and civic leaders; if not you, then who? _ #beeday #saveamericaspollinators #fiubeekeeping #southfloridabeekeepingassociation #fiuclubs #miamidadecollege #mdchialeah #beekeeping #beekeepers #giveback #communitybuilding #civicengagement #wildlifegardens #pollinatorfriendly https://www.instagram.com/p/B4fgb6VA5-5/?igshid=qkz18hlfy2jm

[plantman-dan]

Round 2 of rescuing bees from this cupola, after the first rescue it was not fully sealed and a new swarm moved in. The residual smell of comb is highly attractive to bees. These bees are so incredible, look at how much comb they built out in less than four months! 🍯 Except these bee possibly have a percentage of Africanized genetics (A. m. scutellata) because they are very defensive. I say defensive because bees are not aggressive, they just get a bad rap for you know...killing themselves protecting their home. 🤺 I took out and almost filled 5 frames, but there's probably another 3 to 5 still up there. I started taking a fair amount of stings so decided to stop and let them chill out...to bee continued 🏳🏳🏳🐝🐝🐝 _ #livebeeresuce #savethebees #africanizedbees #Apismelliferascutellata #bees #honeybees #apis #beekeeping #beekeepers #beekeepingtherapy #apiculture #certifiedbeekeepers #beehivesmatter #beestings #beestingtherapy #southfloridabeekeepingassociation #fiubeekeeping #almostround2 #skateordie #beesordie #inbeeswetrust (at Miami Beach Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4DET4iA85L/?igshid=nq7wut3em7el

[plantman-dan]

A pleasure and wonderful honor to have presented about beekeeping today @miamibeachgarden. Hopefully inspiring some, if not to become beekeepers themselves, then at least to expand their appreciation for this ancient craft and the importance of all pollinators. _🐝 It's been a year now since I started beekeeping and was getting certified. Incredible how the time buzzed by, and the opportunities that beekeeping has opened for me are amazing. I'm grateful for everyone who has supported me along this journey. _🐝 "The key to nature's therapy is feeling like a tiny part of it, not a master over it. There's amazing pride in seeing a bee land on a flower you planted - but that's not your act of creation, it's your act of joining in". ~Victoria Coren Mitchell _🐝 #saveourpollinators #savethebees #saveamericaspollinatoract #beesinthegarden #miamibeachbotanicalgarden #beekeeping #beekeepers #apiculture #apiary #apis #honeybees #bees #fiubeekeeping #fiuclubs #southfloridabeekeepingassociation #inbeeswetrust #beekeepingtherapy #outdoortherapy #innature #areyouin #optoutside #findyourway (at Miami Beach Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3iWWF1AzhY/?igshid=1s36k26yne7o0

[plantman-dan]

Have you ever been interested in or wanted to start beekeeping? Come by this Saturday, @miamibeachgarden. I'll be giving an introduction to beekeeping and how you can begin your apiary. 🐝 There will also be an interactive demo inspection of the new apiary and hives that are in collaboration with @fiubeekeeping. *Full disclosure: I'm not a Master Beekeeper, yet. _🐝 #beekeeping101 #introductiontobeekeeping #beesinthegarden #miamibeachbotanicalgarden #apiculture #apiary #apis #honeybees #bees #beekeeping #beekeepers #urbanbeekeeping #fiu #fiubeekeeping #southfloridabeekeepingassociation #fiuclubs #inbeeswetrust #morebees #optoutside #findyourway #savethebees #saveamericaspollinators (at Miami Beach Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3XRJKhgAxW/?igshid=k1prdad8ibc7

[plantman-dan]

Beautiful morning in the @miamibeachgarden . Checking on the hives, making sure they're queen right, and settled to their new homes. On Tuesday, we were losing light fast when transferring them from a NUC to an 8-frame, and I couldn't spot either queen. So today we confirmed that the hives have royalty 👸🐝👸 and are happily enjoying a tropical paradise of floral sources 🌸🌼🌺 _ 📸 @southfloridaplants _ #findthequeen #queenbee #beesinthegarden #miamibeachbotanicalgarden #apiculture #apiary #apis #honeybees #bees #beekeeping #fiu #fiubeekeeping #southfloridabeekeepingassociation #fiuclubs #inbeeswetrust #morebees #optoutside #findyourway (at Miami Beach Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3NkU9Jge6d/?igshid=nat80e00oa9r