08/08/2026
Sorry for the lack of posts these last couple of weeks! Things got a little crazy around here. Veronica had a medical emergency that landed her in the hospital for a few days, followed by a few days of camping and some much-needed time to decompress. ❤️
We were really excited to share the observation hive at the campground with everyone… only to discover they had removed it. 😔 Apparently the bees decided they wanted a little privacy. 😂🐝
But enough about all of that…
Allow me to introduce Queen Bertha! 👑🐝
Bertha came from the swarm we caught on Veronica’s birthday this year.
Unfortunately, she isn't the original queen. We're still not entirely sure what happened to our first queen. She was absolutely amazing and was, hands down, our best-laying queen.
One day she was in there living her best queen life, laying eggs like a champ. A week later… P**F. Gone. 😂
No queen.
No dead queen.
And, oddly enough, no queen cells.
So we gave the girls a frame of eggs and basically said, “Ladies, you’re on your own. Figure it out.”
And apparently they said, “We got this.” 😂
Two weeks later, we opened the hive and found several beautiful capped queen cells. Fast forward to today, and we finally found the result of their hard work…
Queen Bertha! 👑
And let me tell you, she is GORGEOUS. 😍
Even better, she is already laying like she has somewhere to be! We found a nice pattern and are really happy with what we're seeing from her so far.
So welcome to the hive, Bertha. We’re pretty sure you have some big shoes to fill, but the girls clearly had faith in you. ❤️🐝
Now let’s just hope you stick around and keep doing your thing, because we’ve had enough queen drama for one season! 😂
