One year ago today, I had my last CyberKnife treatment for prostate cancer (PCa) and was about to begin a 6 month androgen deprivation therapy (ADT – aka “chemical castration”). The idea was that the ADT would kill whatever cancer Read more…
Shortly after catching my first ever swarm, I received a call from one of the tenders of the swarm hotline that there was a swarm in someone’s backyard and it was mine if I wanted it. I had just come Read more…
It’s been over a month since my last post which I know has had some of you wondering if I’m still blogging or beekeeping. There’s a saying in beekeeping – you can either make bees or make honey, meaning that Read more…
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 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 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 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 Read more…