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...
The Turn of a Good Year, finally!
The first day of summer is the the "turn of the year" on the beekeeping calendar. After this point, everything moves from spring buildup...
Up to three!
Today I installed a second nuc from Mary Bouma. This one has a new queen from this year. I installed this one into the white Long Hive,...
Two weeks in and looking good!
I checked the hives on Thursday June 7, 2018. We had a field day scheduled for Saturday the 9th, but the weather was looking not so good...
Now there are two!!!
If you look closely in this picture you can see the queen with her red dot. This is the Saskatraz queen in the blue Long Hive. I...
Back in the Saddle Again
As of today, I am officially a beekeeper once again! It is so hard to have no bees! Thank you to Jonathan Faust, who sold me frames of...
New Tools for Our Battle
I just discovered last week that the Google Maps for our area (in some locations) have been updated to include images taken last last...
And Then There Were None...
What a difference a week makes. I returned from a week long vacation and took a peek at the hives on a clear, sunny but breezy almost 50...
A Second Look
So, is this hive alive or not? I have been working on the assumption it is because of the bees flying in and out of the top entrance. ...
