The good swarm
I discovered an unexpected benefit to negligence when a very large swarm found some of my equipment sitting around unoccupied. The hive bodies stacked in my yard awaiting a fresh […]
Category Archives: Summer
Fun with Queens
In the course of making my inspections over the past couple of weeks, I noted that my largest, strongest colonies still had significant drone populations. In my little valley, we […]
Moving Day, August 5, 2016
As I finally made my rounds after my month of travel, I discovered the colony at this out-yard was a dead-out. After a month, it’s a little difficult to say […]
What not to do with a nuc…
I set this nuc up around mid-June and then took off on a month of travels and workshops. The high temperatures we’ve had for the last few days would easily […]
What’s blooming? July 22, 2016
I spent the week participating in a really inspiring workshop put on by the dedicated folks at Lane County’s School Garden Project. Our group visited the Camas Ridge Elementary School garden, […]
It’s raining!
As a non-native Oregonian, I have learned the hard way that it is not so popular to be happy about rain in the summer. But it has been so painfully, […]
What’s blooming? August 3, 2015
The Silphium perfoliatum began blooming last week or so. These impressive plants were humming with bees early on this overcast morning. Measuring around eight feet last summer, I think they […]
