I've always been facinated with honeybees. Read the ABC's Beekeeping book back when I was 12 but never had the funds to buy a beehive. Well finally this year I bought a beehive and some bees. After about 3 months they are thriving like no other! 
Right now my hive has 2 deep broods. This will enable them to store honey and make more bees in preparation for their first winter. 
After my hive inspection yesterday I plan to add a queen excluder (keeps the queen from going up and laying eggs) and a medium box ontop so that I can get some honey and extract it come mid September.
Looking into adding a Raspberry Pi with temperature sensor and possibly an IR camera to get a live stream going.
Hope you guys enjoy this post. Will make more posts with photos later...
That looks amazing! Such an important hobby now, what with the mass bee die offs. Do your bees primarily collect one type of pollen, or is it more wild-flower honey?
Thanks for sharing.
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Hi and thanks! After the Varroa mite scare, I completely agree with you on the importance of keeping bees. Not just as a hobby but for keeping the species alive! My bees right now are at my parents residence out in the country. My mother does a lot of gardening and flower planting. I will have to ask her the types of flowers that the bees are mostly on.
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