Abbott Farms - Sustainable Agriculture

Well, yesterday was warm enough for flying bees. I had a busy day, so I didn't have time to drive 23 miles each way to check my hives. ...

Today was a pleasant day for January, sunny and in the upper 30's. There isn't any snow on the ground to speak of, and I have help to...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

Today was the August field day. Only two folks showed up, but I understand, it is summertime! They, along with Laura, my daughter,...

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...

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...