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 […]
Category Archives: Winter
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 […]
Rainy evening
While I have managed to get my mouse guards on my hives, work and a dearth of daylight hours have left me less time than I’d like to get the […]
What did you do in the bee yard today? February 8, 2015
Yesterday I installed my first no-cook candy board. I based it on Anita Deeley’s recipe ( http://www.beverlybees.com/i-want-candy-so-lets-make-a-candyboard-for-winter-feeding/). The box is built from utility 1″x4″. I predrilled the nail holes to […]
What’s Blooming? February 5, 2015
While the violets have been blooming here since mid-December, the hellebores, vinca, and snowdrops were waiting for our late January burst of warm weather. I haven’t seen any […]
