Hive-mind Beekeeping

Amanda, a reader of this blog, wrote to ask whether new supers generally go on top of existing honey supers or below. I answered that the second super usually goes on top, and after that, …

Alyssa gave me on update on the results of yesterday’s debacle: Well, this morning I went and found them just as we left them, all nestled into the nooks and crannies of the ivy and …

It’s amazing the things you know that you didn’t realize you knew. I got a call from Alyssa today, one of her three hives had swarmed and she wanted to know would I come over …

Mixed news on the hives. I checked in on them a couple weeks back and everything seemed pretty peachy. Good healthy brood pattern in both hives (see picture on the left there) and I even …

The New York Times Magazine had a beautiful set of bee-themed fashion photos today. I couldn’t find an on-line version, so I snapped a few pictures with my camera, below. I love the New York …

As promised, my slides from the Jackson Fish Market talk. They got a little munged in converting from Powerpoint, and they probably won’t make much sense by themselves, being mostly pictures, but maybe it will …

Just finishing up prepping my beekeeping talk for tomorrow night’s talk at Jackson Fish Market’s product launch. If you’re in Seattle, stop by. Hopefully, the fact that I’m somehow trying to cover agriculture, algorithms, art …

The bee Santa Claus came to town today, and I felt just like a kid on Christmas morning…a Christian kid…cuz I’m Jewish, so Christmas morning was kind of a non-event in our house… But please, …

My new colonies of bees arrive Wednesday! I’ll let you know how it goes, and I’ll be helping Richard, an old friend and a new beekeeper, get his hives set up. In the meantime, please …