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…
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Last night, as I was sleeping, I dreamt – marvelous error! – that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my past mistakes. ~Antonio Machado Well, it’s been a week since we received our bees and we decided it was time to check on them. You know…make…
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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…
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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…
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Here’s what’s happening in the garden this week! It’s been so incredibly dry (and cold up until a couple of days ago) that I’m still waiting on the sweet corn, squash, zucchini and peanuts to peek (along with a few other veggies), but all these other happenings make me very happy… The Honey Suckle is so happy!!! The first pumpkin…
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This is my very first Harvest Monday post hosted by Daphne’s Dandelions!!! Daphne hosts these Monday posts by not only blogging about what she has harvested, but by also allowing fellow bloggers to add their names to her post as well so we can all see what each of us is up to! While there are really not many items ready…