Jacob Springs honey program

Jacob Springs Farm produces comb honey from about 15 topbar beehives.

Their hives are a combination of farm-built Jacob Springs topbar hives and OpenSourceBeehive project's Colorado Topbar which Andre Houssney helped to design.

Beehive activity observations January 23, 2016 (The first warm sunny day for about 2 months)

1. 1 active - cluster inside very little honey reserves
2. 2 dirt on landing board no activity no window
3. 3 very light activity dead bees in entrance – cluster inside

1. 4 no activity lots of pulverized comb at entrance Dead inside

1. 5 very active some dirt near entrance –

Clusters inside

1. 6 no activity dead inside

1. 7 1 bee at entrance alive others dead no window
2. 8 light activity no window
3. 9 light activity no window
4. 10 light activity good cluster inside few honey reserves
5. 11 light activity at entrance dirty landing board – dead inside

1. 12 no activity at entrance some be parts fairly healthy cluster inside no food

13 no activity outside no bees inside

1. 14 good activity no window

Swarm hive by shop - died

Action taken: Fed syrup water to bees for the first time ever - looks like honey stores are largely consumed - bees fed heavily