On Saturday, I looked in to all the hives to see how the splits and packages were doing. I pulled out the queen cages earlier in the week from the package hives, but now I needed to see if the queens were alive and laying. Left Hand Hive When I Read more…
I went out for a walk today at work with my friend Lucia and when I got back to my office, I had e-mails, texts and videos from both my wife and neighbor telling me that BnB2 had swarmed. I had looked in the hive on Saturday and it didn’t Read more…
After last week’s split, this week it was time to install new packages of bees into Sarah’s and Duncan’s (Hello Kitty) hives, as well a new hive (for me) on someone else’s property. We bought 3 pound packages for each of the hives from Miles McGaughey (President of the Boulder Read more…
Ah, springtime in the Rockies. Crab apple trees in full bloom, deep blue skies, daffodils and tulips popping up everywhere, temperatures in the 70’s and a winter storm watch for the weekend with the potential of 10-18″ of snow here (and 2-4 feet in the foothills). I took advantage of Read more…
My only surviving hive, BnB2, had been building up nicely this spring. My plan has always been to split BnB2 into the empty BnB1. At the last inspection, I found a bunch of drone brood (but no queen cells), which meant that the time to split was at hand. Other Read more…
When I was lucky enough to go to Tibet in 2008, I saw some of the most devout people I’ve ever seen. Some will walk across the country doing sun salutations on their hands and knees as they travel along, with blocks on their shins and hands for protection. All Read more…
Happy Easter! I’m categorizing this post under the spirituality portion of the blog, not the bee part, but maybe it’ll bring a smile to your face. One of my favorite things about Easter is getting to eat deviled eggs. My son, Patrick and I are deviled egg gourmands. If we Read more…