Abbott Farms - Sustainable Agriculture

I was not able to capture a picture of actual pollen on my bees' pollen baskets, but I did see it, lots of it. The early maples are...

Such a lovely, sunny day on February 23, 2021. We had all been confined for over two weeks of cold and snowy weather. Today all of us...

You may wonder why I like to see dead bees in the snow. Well, it means the hive is actually alive. These bees came out for a cleansing...

This picture was taken on January 5, 2021. At first I didn't understand the significance of the melted spot on the top of my hive. This...

Here on December 23, 2020, my bees were clearing out the dead bees from their entrance. I looked earlier in the day before it was warm...

Here are five deep frames of honey I collected today from my lonely hive. I could have collected a whole lot more, but this will satisfy...

This is the 26th frame back in my long Langstroth hive. Two weeks ago they had worked up to the 23rd. On that day, I added some drawn...

I got busy, and my hive looked really good from the outside, so although I installed the nuc on 4-28-20, I didn't actually open it up to...

On April 27, 2020, we cleaned up the double-walled Long Langstroth and gave it a fresh coat of paint on the box and its metal roof. I...

This photo was taken on December 26, 2019. Look carefully. This was a beehive that had a live, strong colony of bees in it when I...