One good thing about this time of year is that I can perform full checks of 18 hives in just a couple of hours! While I’d hate to see so few bees and no honey come June, it sure is nice to be able to knock out half the bee yard before lunch without evenContinue reading “The Return of the Hives!”
Category Archives: Nature
Heater Bees
This is less a blog, and more a quick post to share an interesting article about the bees that keep a hive warm in winter. As most of the country is in the middle of this long cold-spell, I’m sure that most of us who are beekeepers are concerned about our hives. We placed candyContinue reading “Heater Bees”
Love-Hate Relationships
When we drove to our land for the first time, we were discouraged after having spent a day looking at clear-cut plots that had been misrepresented on marketing sites. It was hot, and we were tired. Then we stepped out of our car and a wonderful, cool breeze wafted up from the spring-fed creek. I wasContinue reading “Love-Hate Relationships”
"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”
Enjoying the rain
Rainy afternoon at the farm. Many years ago, a friend from Seattle came to visit while South Carolina was in the middle of a drought. We went out to Congaree Swamp and got caught in a downpour, and he simply could not understand my ecstatic dance as the rain cooled the 100 degree day andContinue reading “Enjoying the rain”
Star Gazing
Sometimes you just have to stop what you are doing and gaze at the stars — or, in this case, at the full moon. We have been incredibly frustrated over the constant rain and the subsequent delay in our projects, especially when Weather Bug keeps telling us that there is a zero percent chance ofContinue reading “Star Gazing”
Floating Away
When we arrived at my brother-in-laws (BIL) on Sunday, we drove over to our land and the creek was the lowest we have ever seen it. By yesterday afternoon, the sandbars that reached half way across were completely covered. We drove out to the road that runs to the north of our property andContinue reading “Floating Away”
Lazer Creek Apiary 