Animals
I have come to notice that the bees act as a thermometer. A few weeks ago, I published a picture of how they hang outside their hive on a hot day, cooling themselves. What I have come to notice is that the hotter it is outside, the more bees are on the outside of the hive.
Here is how it looked this week when the temperature hit the 90's:
Amazing, huh? I am still waiting to see if we will be able to harvest any honey this summer. With the long string of rainy days that we had this spring, the bees got off to a very slow start. Honey production has increased these past two months; but not enough, yet, for the bee's winter supply. Once I am sure that they have enough for themselves, I will harvest any additional honey for our own consumption.
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This Spring has been terrific for our one remaining beehive.We have a very strong queen bee who has tons of developing brood,and ever-toiling worker bees (females of course!!) who are packing the hive with delicious honey. There was so much honey...
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Imagine this....you are driving down the interstate in your Honda Element with at least 100 loose bees buzzing around the inside of the vehicle. Scary? Not really. Yesterday I drove about an hour and a half to an apiary. After attending a seminar on Sustainable...
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Make sure your volume is turned up so that you can hear the bees. We have a hive open that has at least 60,000 bees living in it. Thanks to excellent bee suits, we completed our harvest without a single sting. Watch this video on Google to see our honey...
- Honey Harvest...the Process
Mike and Bev....ready to go to work on the hives. The proper attire is a must for this job. Thanks to these great suits we handled several hives (and hundreds of thousands of bees) with no stings! Mike getting ready to "smoke" the bees. The smoke has...
Animals
Baby, Its Hot Outside!
I have come to notice that the bees act as a thermometer. A few weeks ago, I published a picture of how they hang outside their hive on a hot day, cooling themselves. What I have come to notice is that the hotter it is outside, the more bees are on the outside of the hive.
Here is what the hive looked like when it was in the 80's:
Amazing, huh? I am still waiting to see if we will be able to harvest any honey this summer. With the long string of rainy days that we had this spring, the bees got off to a very slow start. Honey production has increased these past two months; but not enough, yet, for the bee's winter supply. Once I am sure that they have enough for themselves, I will harvest any additional honey for our own consumption.
- Casualties Of Winter
I don't have to tell any of you...This was the HARDEST winter ever...of my life...ever! Now, we've had winters with more snow.We've had winters just as cold.But we have never had a winter with this much snow and ice and this much cold,that...
- A Honey Of A Harvest
This Spring has been terrific for our one remaining beehive.We have a very strong queen bee who has tons of developing brood,and ever-toiling worker bees (females of course!!) who are packing the hive with delicious honey. There was so much honey...
- Adventures In Beekeeping
Imagine this....you are driving down the interstate in your Honda Element with at least 100 loose bees buzzing around the inside of the vehicle. Scary? Not really. Yesterday I drove about an hour and a half to an apiary. After attending a seminar on Sustainable...
- Honey Harvest.....sights And Sounds
Make sure your volume is turned up so that you can hear the bees. We have a hive open that has at least 60,000 bees living in it. Thanks to excellent bee suits, we completed our harvest without a single sting. Watch this video on Google to see our honey...
- Honey Harvest...the Process
Mike and Bev....ready to go to work on the hives. The proper attire is a must for this job. Thanks to these great suits we handled several hives (and hundreds of thousands of bees) with no stings! Mike getting ready to "smoke" the bees. The smoke has...