March 2009

I’ve got my order in for two 4 lbs packages of bees. This year, I’m getting my bees through the Whidbey Island Beekeeper’s Association (the “Whidbees”), so I had the option of getting Carniolan queens …

I wanted to briefly bubble up a couple interesting notes from private messages and the comments section of previous posts: Consensus is that the reason store bought honey tends to stay liquid longer than “craft” …

Well, I lost my second hive to the extra cold winter, although I have no doubt that the cold weather merely delivered the final cut, it was mites that left them weakened. To better address …

I’m not really sure who this will disturb more, the people who enjoy my honey or the people who get in my hot tub. Either way, I’m feeling pretty clever. Here’s the problem: properly extracted …