Abbott Farms - Sustainable Agriculture

Here is a picture of what my daffodils look like today. I always say don't open your hives until the daffodils bloom. Of, course there...

Today was the warmest day since last November! It was nearly 70 degrees this afternoon. I had gone out to the gravel pit in the morning...

Well, I have bad news to report. I went out to the hives in the gravel pit today. I had already looked at my own bees, which were...

After a pretty mild December, snow and cold arrived. The weather is really pretty typical for Michigan, up and down. For two or three...

Yesterday I wandered out to just check on the hives. On November 2nd, it was 73 degrees!!! This is Michigan, after all, that is amazing!...

We prepared all the hives at the apiary for the winter this month. We swapped the top supers of the two larger vertical hives, so the...

Today we took advantage of nice weather and went out to the apiary. We first went to the long hive. The bees were a lot happier today. ...

It was a nice clear day and a little chilly, in the low 60's, but down in the gravel pit where the hives are, it is sheltered and was...

Our August field day was on the 8th, Saturday at 1:00 pm. We had a small group, but a family came that was just interested in learning...

I checked the little split made a month ago, today. It had a nice pattern of capped brood, larva and eggs. I did not check farther for...