by Katrina | Jun 17, 2019 |
Yesterday the sun came out and the day warmed up. The perfect weather for going into my swarm’s box and adding the much needed additional frames. When I had set the bait box up, I only added 4 frames with drawn comb on the left side. The right side, that the entrance...
by Katrina | Jun 16, 2019 |
I am currently in a bit of a sticky situation. The swarm that moved into my bee box has started building comb on the lid of box. If I ever want to get honey from these bees I need to remove the lid, add the next super (box) and put the lid back on top. This means I...
by Katrina | Jun 1, 2019 |
I think my dreams of having a swarm of bees move into my bee boxes is not going to happen this year. I keep hearing about everyone else getting one without even trying. All the bee friendly planting I did just wasn’t enough. WAAAA!! I can’t complain too much though,...
by Katrina | May 16, 2019 |
I am not a fan of the rain, but I am hoping that when the sun comes out it will be a second chance at catching a swarm of bees. I am hearing from other people that the swarms are out there and they have caught a few, but my two bait boxes are being completely ignored....
by Katrina | Apr 19, 2019 |
I have zero patience. Hubby put my beebox/ baitbox up nice and high in the yard, I added a little lemongrass oil to the entrance and on the lid to attract the bees, and I stood back to watch the bees move in. Five minutes later there are still no bees. WHAT?? The box...
by Katrina | Apr 15, 2019 |
The backyard is done, the two new bee colonies are settling into their new home. As far as I am concerned Spring has sprung and I am ready for Easter. Last night my partner in crime and I picked up our two new colonies and put them in their new bee boxes. We were...
by Katrina | Apr 13, 2019 |
Tomorrow is the big day. We pick up our bees!!! I am a bit nervous because we are getting them a little differently than we had in the past. The queens are in a little container and we will have to manually add them to the colony. They have already been hanging out...
by Katrina | Mar 22, 2018 |
For those of you who are fighting the flu season like we have in this house. This is an easy and very effective immunity boosting home remedy. I myself believe its the raw honey that really makes the difference, but I might be biased. This is a wonderful recipe that...
by Katrina | Dec 15, 2017 |
So there we sat with our not thirty pounds of honey. It seemed like it was so little honey that it wouldn’t be worth renting the honey extruding equipment from our local bee supply store, Bee Kind. Looking back, if I only had one solid frame of honey I would...
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