#bees

Bee swarm (or mating flight?)

Quick background: Two weeks ago, having found queen cells, we split our hive and moved the existing queen into a new one. What we...

Lots of activity in the hive. Here are a bunch of random updates: Blue pollen It has been fun to watch all the different coloured pollen...

Last week we wandered down to the river to ensure our swarm trap (bait hive) was ready for swarm-season. We found that the hole had been...

I was out to check on the bees this afternoon. With the weather being +14 and sunny I expected lots of activity. The bees were busy...

Signs of spring around the homestead: Busy bees at the Tanzanian hive! (the swarm we caught last summer did not overwinter. We hope to...

Very busy weekend of beekeeping! When inspecting the kenyan (with the new swarm) all we could find was honey, honey and more honey. We...

We were checking out one of our swarm traps a couple days ago and guess what? We have been checking them the past few days and there is...

Since we haven’t yet caught a swarm, and we were told about a local source, we decided to purchase a 3-frame nuc (3 Langstroth frames...

Our intentions are to start a beehive this summer. We have the space and given the planting plans we have for the property, it should be...