The last time that I was in the hives, I did not inspect the Meadow Hive. They seemed to be slower with growth than the other three hives and I didn’t want to bother them too much. I had been in the hive a few times to check on their syrup intake, but not a …

It’s been a week since the bees were installed into the hives and it’s time to check in on them. Last time I was in the hives, I checked in on the queens. This time will be to see if the colony is building comb and the queen in laying. The other things that I …

When we were crowdfunding to create the meadow, back in October of 2016, the reward for a one thousand dollar donation was the honor of naming the queen when the bees arrived. Yieldbot, www.yieldbot.com was very generous and made that donation to support the meadow. When the time came to plan for naming the queen, …