A couple of days ago we went out to clear some yards of honey boxes and put in Apiguard. At one of our locations, a swarm was hanging in the tree next to the hives. September swarms aren't very common in our area, but there are a few of them every fall. I've always been surprised that more of them don't swarm when we break down the hives to two boxes after the honey flow. Here is one that decided two hive bodies and a honey super was not enough space for this fall.

Bees in trees.

Alex got lost in the tree while bee-hunting.

All boxed up.

It's now September, so we're getting serious about getting the boxes off the colonies and getting in the varroa medications. Even if the honey crop didn't average anything particularly high, at least the bees look quite good in terms of population.

The temperature is only in the fifties unfortunately. It looks like fall is arriving rather swiftly. Apiguard vaporizes pretty well in the seventies, but fifty degrees is lower than I would prefer.

Anyway, here are some images of mite treatment with Apiguard before I head off to extract honey today.

One of the nice colonies full of bees--and full of a few too many mites.

Apiguard treatments.