Just When I Was About To Give Up On A Swarm

Yesterday was a pretty amazing day. Let’s just start with the bee swarm that moved into one of my bee bait boxes!!! It’s pretty funny that, just that morning I had come to grips with the fact that I would not catch a swarm this year. I gave up! Then BOOM BUZZY BUZZY…...

Bee In Your Presence

Today is the day we pick up the bees. I am pretty excited. I wasn’t so much yesterday, but now that the day is here I can’t wait to get my new little fuzzy friends in their new home. My partner in crime and I keep the bees on her two acre property out in the country,...

Death Pays A Visit

I know it happens to every beekeeper, but that doesn’t lessen the blow when it happens to you. Rachael sent me a message that she has bad news. When she does this I tell her no thank you. Why on earth would I want bad news? If I have the choice to ignore her bad...

First Time Bee Robbers

When Rachael and I started this adventure in beekeeping I was not really sure what to expect. Bees are pretty independent little critters, and don’t really need much human help. At first, I was in such a rush to get the bee gear, set up the hive and get to...

Bee Relaxing

The awesome thing about other peoples vacations, are the wonderful little treats they bring back for you. Every year my neighbors travel to Wisconsin to spend time at the family cabin, and were kind enough to pick up some local honey for me. DELICIOUS!!! I wish I had...

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

The storm clouds have parted and the sun has come out! This is exactly what you want to see on a sunny February morning:   Bees are buzzing in and out. Some have large loads of pollen. I can tell that some appear to be young bees, which means that healthy brood...

A Winter Bee

I know that every beekeeper goes through something like this, but it really doesn’t make it any easier. Fine, I will mark it as experience, but I don’t have like it. A few days ago Rachael went to feed both of our bee colonies, and check on how they were...

There Was No Robbery

I am sad to report that there was no robbery. I was really hoping for one, but alas it was not meant to be. Rachael and I went into both boxes to see how our colonies were doing and if they had enough food for the winter. I was also really hoping to rob a bit of honey...

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