What did you do in the bee yard today? June 19, 2014
One of the colonies in the queen condo graduated today. They had completely filled their three frames and were drawing wax on the lid–a fair sign they’re ready for more […]
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Mad May
This photo nicely sums up the reason for my Mad May’s radio silence (make that “blog silence,” I suppose.) Somewhere during the month of May, I slipped from controlling swarms to swarms controlling […]
What Did You Do in the Bee Yard Today? March 23, 2014
I tried to curb my curiosity and not tear open every hive I have during our few days of sun. Showing uncharacteristic self-restraint, I chose two whose meager traffic concerned […]
Plotting and Planning
As the heavy snows of of early February melted, I braced for the inevitable flooding. For a few days, temperatures remained cool and the clouds held back. The night of the […]
What did you do in the bee yard today? January 14, 2014
Apparently this week’s milder temperatures came at the price of very high winds over the weekend here in Horton. Aside from some clutter in the bee yard however, all seems […]
What did you do in the bee yard today? December 31, 2013
The last two weekends have included normal winter bee chores: clearing hive openings, checking honey stores, and preventing condensation by changing out damp hive-top towels for dry ones. In addition, […]
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