We are blessed with a wonderful young family for neighbors. Now that our kids are (mostly) out of the house and on to other interests, I’ve been using the neighbor kids as surrogates to practice my grandparenting skills (although I Read more…
Last week, my youngest son and I went out to Oregon and Washington to look at colleges. Patrick is going to be a high school senior (or rising senior as they all say now), so he’s been making a list Read more…
I’ve been pretty impressed with how well my colonies have been building straight combs this year. In a top bar hive, it’s good to check frequently to make sure that the combs are built straight. Since there is no sheet Read more…
Last week I installed a new queen in the Hello Kitty (HK) hive and noticed that there was what looked to be some new capped brood from the original queen that I thought was dead. I also moved a couple Read more…
This spring, BnB2 has perplexed me so much. The colony built up very quickly, filling up the hive and making queen cups early on. I kept thinking that they were going to swarm, but every time I’d do an inspection, Read more…
Here’s the latest on my prostate cancer journey. The next post should be about doing a split on BnB2 which I hope to do this weekend. When I lived in California just after graduating from college, I remember driving up Read more…
Yesterday, the Boulder County Beekeepers Association (BCBA), sponsored a hive tour of local apiaries. Miles McGaughey, president of BCBA, organized and led the tours which encompassed a mix of hive styles and experience levels. The idea of the tour was Read more…