Still Buzzing...
Today I finally got over to my hives and put the notched inner covers back on for upper entrances and put the spacers in with insulation...
Winter Plans
I did get my hives wrapped on October 18, 2018. I did not leave upper entrances right now. In fact, I put solid inner covers on and...
A Staple Gun Helps...
Well, I intended to wrap my hives on Monday, but when I arrived at the hives I realized I had everything I needed except the staple gun. ...
Ready for winter
Today was in the low 80's which is the warmest it has been or probably will be for quite a while. My goal today was to reduce entrances...
The Smell of Goldenrod
I decided to check the bees today to see what state they were in and plan for next week's field day. Since this is a critical time of...
HONEY!!!
Today was the August field day. Only two folks showed up, but I understand, it is summertime! They, along with Laura, my daughter,...
A History Mystery
I snuck back to the hives on July 30th to move some frames in the long blue hive so the bees would fill empty frames between then and our...
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...
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...
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...
