Hello. I’ve often said “the bees are laughing at me, I might as well join them.” I’ve chronicled the events that lead to their laughter in both my book, Dronings from a Queen Bee: The First Five Years, and a column I’ve written since beginning beekeeping. In...
Last blog I reviewed the seven things I do inside each hive in September. If you read the entry, you know there were actually ten. I like to exceed expectations. The winter forecast is quite foreboding. Due to other obligations, we haven’t done the “September 7” to...
After presenting to a group over the weekend about getting their colonies ready for winter, I realized how far behind I was. So, on Sunday I rolled off the couch and went through our four power hives. I started with them because we knew we had many hives with...
Things to Bear in Mind for this Time of Year Happy Labor Day. Your bees have been laboring for us all season. Now is an especially good time to evaluate how we can help with that. August and September are critical months for setting them up to succeed over the winter....
Flying, stinging insects: Got two swarm calls last week. The first guy told me the “honeybees” were flying out of a gray-brown conical shape attached to his eves. I told him that sounded like wasps, but he claimed he knew honeybees and they definitely were honeybees....
