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… Family With the flight of my first daughter and the…
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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 the challenges surrounding them right now are very close to…
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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 post on Facebook. Here’s a little of what I learned:…
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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 couple of weeks ago. We looked for an signs of…
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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 good, we went out the next day and bought all…
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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 still sporting her little clipped wing) and were busy bringing…
