The Smell of Goldenrod
I decided to check the bees today to see what state they were in and plan for next week's field day. Since this is a critical time of...
HONEY!!!
Today was the August field day. Only two folks showed up, but I understand, it is summertime! They, along with Laura, my daughter,...
A History Mystery
I snuck back to the hives on July 30th to move some frames in the long blue hive so the bees would fill empty frames between then and our...
A Surprise and a little help
I had hoped to go over and add a super to my two vertical hives sometime this weekend, but I wanted some help with the lifting, and no...
July Field Day
Isn't that a beautiful sight? Oh how I have waited to see that! It was a drippy day when we started on July 14, 2018, but the drips...
I Had an Excuse, sort of...
It has been two whole weeks since I have even looked at my hives. I couldn't find my smoker, seriously, I couldn't. I needed it to...
The Turn of a Good Year, finally!
The first day of summer is the the "turn of the year" on the beekeeping calendar. After this point, everything moves from spring buildup...
Up to three!
Today I installed a second nuc from Mary Bouma. This one has a new queen from this year. I installed this one into the white Long Hive,...
Two weeks in and looking good!
I checked the hives on Thursday June 7, 2018. We had a field day scheduled for Saturday the 9th, but the weather was looking not so good...
Now there are two!!!
If you look closely in this picture you can see the queen with her red dot. This is the Saskatraz queen in the blue Long Hive. I...
