-
Archives
- January 2018
- November 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- June 2017
- January 2017
- September 2015
- July 2015
- February 2015
- November 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- December 2013
- July 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- January 2013
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- August 2009
- February 2009
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
-
Meta
Tag Archives: Beekeeping
Bee troubleshooting
I gave all 4 hives a good looking-over on Sunday. The North Apiary’s hives have been named and labeled “3”, “1”, and “4”. Hive West got labeled “∞” but I think we’re still calling it “Hive West”. Hive “4” (or … Continue reading
Bees – Blackberry dearth, knotweed begins
I hadn’t been really putting much information on the blog this year about the bees. I don’t know why; I guess I’m just out of the habit. I’ve noticed that I am getting a lot more information form my inspections … Continue reading
2013 Bees
I’ve been remiss in bee updates this year, so here’s the quick catch-up: All three of our hives died during the winter. It looked like they just swarmed out last summer; there was plenty of food still in the hives, … Continue reading
Honey, next round
We pulled a few more frames of honey out of the hives today. There weren’t any frames that were capped on both sides, so we took 5 frames (3 Western and 2 Deep) that were fully capped on one side … Continue reading
Honey filtering
We learned some things while harvesting our first batch of honey. Foremost, we learned that a wire strainer is simply not fine enough to keep chunks of bee parts and wax from getting into the honey. This is not problematic, … Continue reading
Honey!
We harvested our first load of honey today. We took the two-and-a-half frames of fully-capped blackberry honey, scraped them clean, and ran the resulting mix of wax and honey through a strainer. We then ran that through a slightly finer … Continue reading
Bee inspection – First honey harvest!
We had a really busy weekend, and in the middle of it, we saw a swarm of bees leaving the bee yard. We initially supposed that it was Hive North, because the swarm was in that area, but we couldn’t … Continue reading
Bee inspections
I had wanted to inspect the hives earlier in the week, but the schedule conspired against me, and it didn’t happen until the weekend. I inspected Hives North and West by myself on Saturday, and Kristi and I did a … Continue reading
Bees – swarm analysis
With Hive North captured and in their new home, they need to be left alone for a week or two to let them get started building out comb and raising brood. However, a full inspection of the other two hives … Continue reading
Hive North, moving on up
I checked Hive North this morning to see how they were liking their new home. The bees were all still a little sleepy, as I checked them before any foragers had started out for the morning, so the hive would … Continue reading