Some people have to learn the hard way. I didn’t think I was one of those people, but apparently this time I am. In the beekeeping course I took, the concept of ‘bee space’ was drilled into us. It’s important to keep a certain small distance between the frames in the hive in order to … Read more
A sunny afternoon finally came on a day when I could go to the beeyard. It’s been about two weeks since I installed the bees, and I’ve been itching to go inspect them for about a week. Nothing tastes better than honey and comb, warm and drippy, straight from the hive. My girls thought so … Read more
I forgot to put bricks on top of the hives this afternoon when I was there, and I also wanted to check and make sure nothing weird was going on, so I drove out to the beeyard for the 3rd time today to check the hives (no opening, just watching the entrance) and put the … Read more
Here I am with one of my nucs. Tibor Szabo’s beeyard is behind me – this is where my bees came from. A big thank you to Tibor for all of the helpful advice that came with the bees! Now I feel like a beekeeper – I actually have bees to call my own. I … Read more
I took the girls out on a ‘breakfast picnic’ this morning at Fertile Ground CSA, which is where my beeyard is located. Today is the first day of the CSA pickup season for Angie and Mark, so they were very busy setting up their washing station and harvesting their organic veggies. I was busy too, … Read more
I had a little helper today as I added some finishing touches to my brood chambers. He helped me hammer the frame rests into place. Hopefully that will be the last job, other than heading out to Fertile Ground CSA to set up the boxes tomorrow morning before I pick up my nucs! Yes, tomorrow … Read more
These bees are not mine – they belong to Ken. In this picture they are working on capping some honey. The white part at the top is freshly capped, while the bottom combs are full of honey and not yet capped. Isn’t it beautiful? I can hardly wait to get my own. .
I have to say a big thank you to Ken and Steven for letting me tag along as they inspect their bees, and for all the sage advice I’ve received so far.Here are Ken and I, looking for a queen in this colony today. It took awhile, but Ken found her. She hadn’t mated yet, … Read more
