Last week, we installed a division feeder in my English hive. When I checked the hive yesterday, the feeder was empty. Some must have evaporated as the ladders don’t quite reach the bottom, but the bees drank a gallon of nectar. It was easy to remove the cap and ladder to check and refill theContinue reading “Division feeder”
Category Archives: Bees
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" William Shakespeare
Hummingbird As soon as we arrived at the farm on Friday, the hummingbirds started chattering and darting around the almost empty feeder. We originally thought there was one pair nesting close to our RV, but there are far more than that. We so enjoyed watching their antics just a few steps away from our porchContinue reading “"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" William Shakespeare”
Living on our land.
RV moved onto our land. Thanks to BIL, BIL’s friend, and BH, our RV is now on our land and we went to sleep and woke up looking at tree tops — our tree tops! Having never moved an RV before, I don’t know if it’s always such a bear to get one set up,Continue reading “Living on our land.”
Delays, delays, and more delays!
Bee on lavender, June 2016 Last week we spent two days at the farm, went to workshops, and returned home for dental appointments. We had planned to head back to the farm yesterday, but that didn’t work out. We intended to check the bees in the out yards on Saturday, and are just getting aroundContinue reading “Delays, delays, and more delays!”
Bees ‘n Trees
Honeycomb inside the tree Our mantra on those stressful days that everyone, regardless of career field, has is “Bees and Trees.” It helps remind us that the time is approaching when our schedule will be governed more by the seasons and sunsets and less by bells and deadlines. However, today “Bees ‘n Trees” refers toContinue reading “Bees ‘n Trees”
Bees in slow motion
//www.youtube.com/get_player A friend who is hosting some of our bees in an out-yard sent us a recording of some bee-acrobatics this afternoon. He slowed the video down — it’s so interesting to see them, but even more so to hear them, in slow motion. (The audio is so much better on my phone than onContinue reading “Bees in slow motion”
Strong Hives and Wax Moths
On the day hubby returned to the city to check on our new hives, I walked down to BIL’s hives between rain storms and saw something that looked like a cross between sawdust and the orange peel that comes in spice jars piled up around the front of one Nuc and even seeping out aroundContinue reading “Strong Hives and Wax Moths”
Lazer Creek Apiary 