Once you’ve checked your allergies, checked your codes and checked your motives, the next step in your beekeeping journey is to start making some serious plans to set yourself and your bees up for the greatest success possible. Before we get into the details about your bees hive and…
The plight of the pollinators on our planet was a resounding theme at the 2014 NM Organic Farming Conference I attended over Valentine’s weekend. Every single workshop I attended mentioned something about pollinators, how integral they are to our survival on this planet and how we can help them and…
We all know by now that bees are key to our survival on this planet. Their benefits to us far outweigh ours to them and it seems as though lots of people are thinking about and talking about beekeeping in the sense of “getting a few bees” for their backyards…
The fall of 2013 brought about a couple of really big hiccups in my world and it is time for me to re-set my attention on my intentions. That said, I intend to get myself organized around my daily tasks and to-do lists. I intend to spend less time on…
What a whirlwind 2013 has proven to be! I thought that, given all of the lessons we have learned in 2013, a reflection of sorts would be a nice way to bring it all to a close. So, here are some of my reflections on 2013…personal, professional and farm related……
I saw this photo floating around the internet earlier today and was blown away by the idea, so I Googled it to find out the back story. It’s amazing how an image can sometimes have a greater impact than…well, anything else, isn’t it?! As you know, bees and all of…
A couple of weeks ago, after I published my Empty Hive post, I posted links to it in a couple of different places in the hope that I would get some feedback and gain some insight from others experiences. It worked! I had several comments on my NM Beekeepers Association…
Dead bees and excess honey. That’s what we found yesterday when we got into our hive. Sadness and confusion abound. The cold nights and blustery days of spring led us to postpone getting into the bees. We’ve wondered about them and checked them from afar. We watched orientation flights a…