valeriesusanne wrote:Thank you everyone! Once I discovered that some wild hives are "unguarded" (I hadn't found any yet and was very discouraged that I wasn't strong enough to battle the wild bees) I just motored around and checked out hives until I found them. Now I have three of my very own hives
Good stuff! Once you have 2-3 domestic hives, their larvae production (which seems like... maybe 10-20% each time you pick wax) will be enough that your number of hives kinda blows up.