Monthly Archives: June 2011

The visit I made with Professor Osamu Tadauchi to see the beehives of Hotaka Tomita on the 13th story rooftop happened a few weeks ago. I thought I would go ahead and post the photos I took and talk about … Continue reading →

From the photographs you can see that I moved the top bar hive used in the wall removal up to the roof of the Agriculture Building #1. If you click on a picture, you can see a larger picture with … Continue reading →

When I checked the hive during the next couple of days, I saw that although there were some bees inside the hive on the comb, the vast majority of bees had formed into a cluster on the outside and back … Continue reading →

If you have been following along, you know that I had a hive in Plano that I split into four hives, and attempted to sort out and requeen. One hive, I disbanded and took as honey, since there was no … Continue reading →

Today, June 9, Thursday, I removed a colony of Japanese honey bees from the wall of a building on the Hakozaki Campus, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. There were several people helping me do it. The bees and their nest were … Continue reading →

I’m sorry that I did not get more pictures of the actual process, but I did not have my camera with me at the time. I had tried to open the hive several times to harvest some honey, but the … Continue reading →

I located a wild nest of Japanese honey bees in the wall of an old wooden building on the Hakozaki Campus today. It looks like it should be pretty easy to remove the colony, so I am very happy for … Continue reading →

A friend has a Japanese honey bee colony living inside a cavity in the structure of his mountain home in Mie Prefecture. That is southwest of Tokyo, if I am not mistaken, and a 9 hour drive from here. I … Continue reading →