Abbott Farms - Sustainable Agriculture

I wrote a little treatise on livestock and deadstock in my "notes from the farm" section on the website. My farming philosophy is based...

Since the apiary is moving and not much is happening at the moment, I decided to expand this blog to cover everything on the farm. This...

This is an old picture of the last time I moved hives off my property to another place. I just couldn't imagine a summer without bees, so...

After a promising start, then a build up, the swarm began to noticeably dwindle in size. We all noticed less activity on the hive. I...

I checked my new swarm hive on August 5, 2024. I didn't want to disturb it too much, but I did pull this one frame just to see how things...

After the last post, I realized that all three of my hives were robbed out and completely empty. I was very discouraged and felt like a...

I checked the hives on June 15, 2024. The long blue hive looked empty. I had expected to find that because I saw little to no activity on...

On May 1st 2024, I looked at the three hives from the outside. The "mother" hive was very active, as it has been all along. The long blue...

As I drove around on April 10, 2024, I noticed a lot of dandelions blooming. It was a nice sunny day, so I thought to myself, this is a...

I confess I have neglected keeping this blog up to date. I checked the hives about two weeks ago, when we had an unusually warm day in...