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 one at home currently was totally thrilled about helping, but would have come if I asked. Everyone has a beesuit, some just enjoy using it more than others! Then, to my complete surprise, my daughter Elizabeth walked in fresh from PA! I had thought she wouldn't be home until Thanksgiving, so it was really exciting to see her! She is my pri
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 quickly stopped, and although it was cloudy it was not ominous and the bees were not upset. We started with the small hive, the one that started with only a Sasketraz queen and a couple of frames of brood about two weeks prior to the field day. It had expanded a tiny bit, and the queen had capped brood. We saw her, too. That hive needed a li
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 display at my presentation for the historical society tonight. I couldn't find it anywhere at home, I surely must have left it by the hives, right? I know we have a field day in two days, but I wanted to find my smoker - or maybe I just wanted to say hi to my hives! Yes, I admit, I grabbed my beesuit and my hive tool - just to find my smoker,
