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, …
Three days had passed since I had installed the bees into their hives. It was Friday and the weather was a little on the cool side, but I was eager to check in on the queens. The temperature was in the 50’s and it was sunny out. The goal for the day was to make …
Bee season has officially started for me. On April 16, 2018 I picked up eleven packages of bees! Only four of the packages were for my hives. The other packages were for some other beekeepers that I know. The drive out to the get the bees was quite an adventure. Where I live there was …
For several reasons the Willow Hive needed to be moved. The area was covered in poison ivy which was getting difficult to deal with. The hive wasn’t getting as much sun as it needed. The willow tree that it was under was quite large and created a lot of shade. Another major reason to move …
Since the bees had forgotten how to be honeybees, I needed to try to help them. Both of the hives were very low in food stores. Feeding them was the best option to try to boost their stores. Fall feedings are different than spring feedings. In the fall the bees are given more sugar which …
It’s close to the end of September, the weather is beautiful. It’s warm and sunny out. At this point in the season I am looking for the bees to fill up their hives with honey. The farm that they live on has plenty of forage all through the year and the bees have constant access …
On August 26th the weather was wonderful! It had been a month since I had checked on the bees. I was lucky enough to spend a large chunk of that time visiting my husband’s family in Norway. The weather there was cooler than home and there was quite a bit of rain. It was good …
My birthday was a week ago and our family was heading to Norway for two and a half weeks, I wanted to check on the bees before we left. I also was planning to clean out the Willow Hive and bring it home so that rodents did not move in. At this point it has …
It’s quite sad to be down to one beehive so early in the season this year. I started the season with some high hopes to split one of the colonies to put bees into the hive in The Maynard Honeybee Meadow, but now my plans have changed. The meadow will have to wait until next …
It’s been almost two weeks since I have checked in on the hives. This time I started at the Orchard Hive. It seems that the wasps have finally given up and moved somewhere else. What a relief is was to not find them in the lid. Maybe this winter I need to study up on …