Honey Bee Hives require inspection periodically. At least that is what all the books and online experts say. I kind of wonder how all those wild bees made it without having some funny looking guy in a space man looking suit coming along and prying them open occasionally. Anyway, the thought is to make sure the queen is laying, and the bees are drawing out honeycomb like they are supposed to be doing. In addition, during inspections you can look for any Bee pests that are trying move in and give the Bees a hard time. Apparently with all the modern bee keeping techniques the bees have lost some of their natural resistance and protection to certain things in the environment. Many beekeepers have changed some of the things that have contributed to the problems, and have attempted to go back to Natural methods of Bee raising. That is, getting rid of a lot of the chemicals and pesticides in the hive, Allowing the bees to raise their own queens from local mated bees, and also allowing them to make their own Honey comb. I will attempt to try a lot of these things. Because I think Even Bees should go "Green"... Ironically. (Shouldn't they have just stayed green from the beginning?) Anyway, Below is a Video from my first Inspection last week.
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