Bees & Pollinators

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We’ve Found Our Queen!

We’ve Found Our Queen!

It's been about a month since we received our shipment of bees and they seem to be doing wonderfully!!!There are several combs being formed...Lots of pollen being collected...Lots of nectar being processed...It's looking like we are now officially hosting a bunch of busy, busy, bees...Every last one of them working to please their queen!!!Do you see her?!?  She's the big,…
June 22, 2011
Bee Update

Bee Update

Last night, as I was sleeping,I dreamt - marvelous error! - that I had a beehivehere inside my heart.And the golden beeswere making white combsand sweet honeyfrom my past mistakes.~Antonio MachadoWell, it's been a week since we received our bees and we decided it was time to check on them.  You know...make sure they are happy and the queen is among…
June 5, 2011
What’s All That Buzzing About??? – Part Two

What’s All That Buzzing About??? – Part Two

We have battled getting the video of our bee experience uploaded onto this blog for most of the afternoon. We finally broke down and decided to create a youtube account in order to better facilitate the uploading of videos!  So...here's our very first video!  Warning...it involves lots of buzzing bees!!! Top Bar Hive - Introducing our bees to Their New…
May 30, 2011
What’s All That Buzzing About???

What’s All That Buzzing About???

Our bees have finally arrived!!!  We are so super excited!!!The funny thing about the weekend is, I've been practicing leaving my phone in the bedroom so I can have some "unplugged" time...no calls or texts or randomness to worry about.  So, I did that this morning.  Then at about 11:20, while putting away laundry, I checked my phone (don't ask…
May 30, 2011
The bad, the ugly and the upside…

The bad, the ugly and the upside…

Sometimes, when I write a blog, I want to only show the good, beautiful, happiness that is happening with the yard or the chickens.  Don't ask me why, maybe it's just in my nature.  However, it's not the whole truth and I know that I enjoy reading of other urban homesteading struggles because those who share their struggles are telling…
May 15, 2011

Proposed Bee Ordinance

Today I found out that one of our City Counselors is proposing this new bee ordinance that would require bee keepers to register their apiaries, get inspections and keep their hives 75 feet away from property lines (unless there are walls or fences at least 6 feet high to separate them) as well as a few other minor details. He…
April 19, 2011