September 2008

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.

Beekeeping, Harvest

Harvest Time

In all my years, I have never dealt with a feister, more ornery bunch of bees than I wrangled with this Saturday. It wasn’t just …

September 30, 2008

yIkes, photo edition

As our little bit to help in the wake of Hurricane Ike, I posted a question on Sunday from Gabriela, a beekeeper hit by Ike. There’s been an educational conversation going on in the comments, …

September 24, 2008

yIkes!

Just received this from Gabriela. I thought maybe someone reading this might be able to offer some advice? We keep bees and have 2 hives at our house. We strapped these down for Hurricane Ike. …

September 21, 2008