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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Bees, gathering pollen
It was real windy today, although the rain let up in the afternoon. When I stopped by to check on the bees after work, I definitely saw 2 bees go into the eastern hive with pollen on their rear legs! … Continue reading
Bees, queen check
So when we last left the bees, each hive had only 9 frames, and the queens were still stuck in the queen boxes. From the outside, things looked like they were progressing, with the dead bodies ejected, and the grass … Continue reading
Bees, hives getting up and running
The Eastern Hive seems to have gotten a bit faster start; they have already shoved all of the grass out of the entrance of the hive, and have extracted a bunch of dead bees and dumped them for the ants … Continue reading
Peep redeployment
Well, the rest of the breeds of chickens that we wanted finally came in at the store, so we picked up 4 new baby chicks today. It’s amazing how much larger Porkchop and the gang are than these little guys. … Continue reading
Bees, home sweet home
We installed the bees into their hives this morning. It was a little nerve-wracking, so we read up a bunch and discussed our plan last night. We also made up 10lb of sugar into sugar syrup (with a 1:1 ratio, … Continue reading
Bees on board
The day is finally here; we went up to The Bee’s Knees in Snohomish and picked up 6lb of bees this evening. We are going to be running 2 hives this year, which should help us compare/contrast the progress of … Continue reading
Half a wing
I swear that there are times when I don’t understand scientists. I mean, these are learned individuals, making observations of the world, and hypothesizing things which can be tested by experiment. OK, so, fine. The “big news” in paleontology lately … Continue reading
Chicks get names
For some reason, the grey Ameraucana chick is much larger than any of the other 3. We’ve dubbed her “Porkchop”. Her yellow sibling is the guard chick of the coop; she gives everyone the evil eye when you get close. … Continue reading
Rainforest Wildlife
We have a guest photographer here on ToMM today; these videos were shot by my father-in-law’s trail camera that he set up in his backyard. This forest grouse was quite active; most of the day, he could be heard doing … Continue reading
little peeps
I finally knuckled under to the pressure of Kristi’s desire for a semi-rural farm today. After much deliberation and anticipation, we are now the proud owners of 4 baby chicks. They are awful cute, one yellow fuzzball, one grey, and … Continue reading