S everal attempts have been made to mark Mary this year.  None have worked for one reason or another.  Today, though, was the day. The In-...

Deer Bee Stand N ot going so well.  When last I looked the bees were in the hive box on frame 1 & 2. Since then they have found some n...

 Ready to go on   M yrina got her Medium Honey Super put on today.  It was from last year and has drawn out comb on Plasticell foundation. ...

I f you've been following this blog you'll know I desperately need to requeen Mary.  And that I'm waiting for a local queen bree...

Mary 68 f Cloudy M ary has been busy lately.  She spent a almost 2 weeks at my place of work before being moved to a new Stand in the ba...

Y esterdays inspection showed that the New Colony (Duchess) needs an additional brood box.  Today I assembled the crimped-wire wax foundatio...

2010 Hived Package (Duchess) 82 f Partly Sunny T here have been reports of Small Hive Beetle in the packages that many of us received b...

~ An account of the adventures of Hemlock and the honey tree, written by his loving spouse. ~ I am going to make the giant leap here that...

T oday marks our second anniversary of Beekeeping.  2 years ago we woke up to our first full day with bees in the yard.  The previous evenin...

June 25, 10 - (PROJECT ABANDONED) SBB, DHB1, MC Frames per box = 10 DHB1 Foundation = Crimped Wire Queen spotted = yes, no, did...