I have found my new favorite snack!!! Brie, bees and baguettes! OK, maybe not bees, but that delicious golden stuff they produce 😉 While in Milwaukee over last weekend visiting my very best friend, we stopped in this little restaurant and had some apps and wine. The app was so…
Bees amaze me. Absolutely. When we checked on our bees in the spring, we were able to see that they had officially made it through the winter and were healthy. They had the same queen that they came to us with (marked with a little dot on her back and…
While on my morning stroll through the garden a couple of days ago, I noticed that our small patch of sweet corn in the front yard was completely covered in bees. I spent a long time admiring the beautiful dance the bees were doing among the flowers and leaves and…
Well, after a super warm winter and their relocation to the back yard, we finally got into our bees yesterday. While they have adapted nicely to their new spot and have looked healthy from afar, it was honestly way passed time for us to get into the actual hive. So,…
I’ve had a few requests for a post on how to build a top bar hive. Instead of re-inventing the wheel, I though it might be best to simply give you the link to the source. So, courtesy of Tool Lady, here’s the link… Free Top Bar Hive Plans Of…
Well, I don’t have any new pictures to show you of the bee relocation, because the weather was absolutely gross today! It was so windy all I could do was check on the chickens and hoop houses while trying my best to not get blown over! I do however, want…
Today we… Painted old pallets, wrapped weed cloth around them and stuffed soil into them Cleared more rocks & leveled the ground where the bees will be moved to Put some stakes in the ground Secured two of the three pallets to their stakes Created trellising above each pallet for more vertical grow space…
After much debate, we’ve decided to move the bees. Don’t worry, we’re not moving them to someone else’s property. Instead, we’re moving them from our front yard into our backyard. Why? Well, the main reason is because, as we learned last year, it turns out I am extremely allergic to…