“I won’t know until spring.”
I have called myself a beekeeper for more than 10 years now and yet I have very mixed results getting my hives through the winter. This has always made me […]
Very Much Alive
I have a great big puffy bump on the right side of my neck today . . . evidence of the hive very much alive and well and well-defended that […]
Busy as a [Worker] Bee
This has been a very, very busy bee season for me. This year I have five different hive locations and I think that this is wonderful. It is possible to […]
March Madness
That seemed like such a good idea for a title at the time I had started this entry. But alas it is already April . . . and the madness […]
It’s Almost That Time Again
It’s nearly the end of January and, boy, do I like the sound and feel of that! It means that the new beekeeping season is not that far away. This […]
While Our Backs Were Turned . . .
This morning’s honeybee activity started out as a routine varroa mite check. I visited my friend Susan’s hives and we were going to look for her queen in a recently […]
The 2017 Season is off to a great start!
It has been nothing short of exciting so far in this spring 2017 beekeeping season. Managing the hives as the new season begins is so much fun because the hive […]
2016 Beekeeping Season, a quick review
How is it that all of the 2016 beekeeping season came and went without my writing anything? It is all in the photos I took . . . and this […]
Anticipating the New Season
The approaching end of winter is simultaneously a nerve-wracking and exciting time. I feel like the new Facebook reactions released this past week do a good job in representing the […]
Thank you, Nature, for the Hospitable Season
The days are getting shorter and the temperatures are getting colder. These are sure signs that the bees’ clustering season is coming up soon – and the honeybees know that […]
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