I started beekeeping in 1996 and have been doing it on and off since then. For about a decade, I kept a blog of my adventures. Haven’t updated it in a while, but ya never know.
Ow! Ow, ow, OW! The girls were aggro today. I was out turning the garden (tomatoes, strawberries and zucchini is the crop planned for this year), near the hives, granted, but not actually in their …
I was at the Social Computing Symposium all day, so I couldn’t watch their activity, but it looks like the bees have been making short work of the newspaper I put in to give the …
They swarmed again! I have to say I’m very appreciative of the girls’ predilection for swarming on Saturdays while I’m in my backyard to do something about it, but I could do with a little …
Oh, boy, hectic day at the Hive Mind apiary. So, I’m out in my yard Saturday noon, enjoying a cup of coffee and a bit of much needed sunshine, standing by the hives as I …
Well, it finally got out of hand. The girls seemed to be becoming more and more enamored with my hot tub, to the point where they were practically covering it. They were sneaking in under …
I wasn’t quite sure when we were supposed to requeen. Julie did some poking, and the Puget Sound Beekeeper’s Association says we should requeen in April / May. Girlfrien’, your days are numbered!
Hive 1 has been busy spring cleaning, but Hive 2 has been sooo quiet I thought they had just plum died out. I mean, there was nothin’ goin’ on, nobody coming, nobody going. Well, imagine …
Did a quick exterior check today. I noticed that Hive 1 has a big build-up of a dry sandy mix of garbage that they’re moving out. It looks like a mixture of pollen, wax, mold …
I mixed up some medicine to treat the girls’ Nosema tonight. 1 tsp Fumigilin-B to 1 c. cool water, then mixed that into a gallon of sugar syrup, and that into 1 qt mason jars. …
