Abbott Farms - Sustainable Agriculture

The horizontal hive pictured here seemed to need more ventilation because the bees were heavily gathered at the entrance and were...

Today was a great day for a field day. The weather was warm, but not overly hot. There was a nice breeze. First we checked the little...

I am trying to be ecologically responsible and I sure don't want to burn plastic foundation. I had probably 10 - 15 boxes of frames...

Well, we may see this at our next field day after all! I checked all the hives yesterday to see how things are progressing. Almost...

Some days you wonder if there is any justice in the world any more at all. About a month ago a commercial beekeeper placed 30 hives,...

Today was very hot, the hottest since last September! However, the bees were in a good mood. The tree in the corner of the apiary...

Here are the two hives in the experimental apiary which are now populated with splits and are looking really good, and their new...

The May field day turned out to really be two field days, the one that worked for the bees and the one that was on the people schedule....

We had a nice day to kick off the beekeeping field day season on Saturday April 23rd. It was sunny and in the low 60's. We spent the...

I finally got into my hives for the first time this spring! I had to wait until Monday April 18th because I had to be away for the...