Go Bees, Go!
This week’s relatively warm, clear forecast is good news for the bees in my valley. They have been flying for a few days now, despite bouts of overcast mist, diligently […]
Category Archives: Winter
Overwintering small colonies: stacking
Keeping a small colony fed over the winter, either with dry sugar, fondant or a candy board, presents fewer challenges than keeping it from getting too cold. When outdoor temperatures […]
Overwintering small colonies: Candy boards
This fall found me with a number of small colonies ill-prepared for winter. I had anticipated a deluge of late-season queen requests, requests that, unfortunately for my lovely young queens, […]
Winter “shoulda”s
After a tumultuous fall and winter left me with less time for beekeeping (and blogging) than I would have preferred, by mid-January, I was finally beginning to see light at […]
What’s Blooming? February 7, 2016
This Friday I had the good fortune to have an unscheduled day to myself at the Oregon Gardens in Silverton. It was a real pleasure to spend hours walking at […]
Building up
January is the month most northern climate beekeepers recognize as the beginning of spring build-up. While waiting for a weather break to see signs of this increase first-hand, I took […]
Counting my blessings
It occurred to me the other day that there hasn’t been much to write about in my little beekeeping world: no lids blown off, no dead-outs, no colonies drowned in […]
