First Field Day of 2015
We had a really nice day, seventy degrees and sunny. We started with the new package. It only had three very small clusters of bees on...
Quick check on the package
We went over to do a quick check on the package we installed on 4-15-15. It was a little strange, there were bee droppings all over the...
Package installation
Wednesday evening April 15, 2015 we installed one package from AWS Bees around 7:30 pm. There were around 10-12 people present to watch....
Spring chores
Tuesday April 14, 2015 the weather was warm - mid 60's and not too windy. We were able to get over and check our overwintered hives. ...
First part of the transition...
Athough it felt more like January than the end of March today, it was sunny and dry. Tom Treuhaft came over to the apiary with his nice...
The Bees are Flying!!
It was almost 50 degrees around 2:30 pm when Irene Day, Ken Hoekstra and I went down to check the hives. The gate was not accessible, so...
First Signs of Spring
It has been a month since I checked the hives at the apiary. It was a little difficult to ski down because there was a layer of ice on...
February bees
February 3, 2015 I was able to ski out to the hives today. Air temperatures were around 26 degrees. We had just had a snowfall with...
Apiary Journal 2015
January 15, 2015 Today the temperature was around 30 degrees and sunny in the afternoon. I decided to go to the club hives and see how...
