Bears, Bugs and More Bumbling
Out with Dr. Doolittle. In with barbed wire and mothballs.
View ArticleSweetness From Adversity?
All was well when my 8,000 bees finally came in the mail. but then the queen and her retinue became imprisoned.
View ArticleTime for the Second Story?
A beekeeper should try to replace some of the brood comb every year or so. The brood comb, where the queen lays eggs, is heavy-duty comb – not the light wax that is found in comb honey or beeswax...
View ArticlePlenty of Bees, but No Food
A good beekeeper knows what’s going on inside his or her hives. By now you know I am anything but a good beekeeper. Last weekend, after the 100-degree temperatures cooled a bit, my friend and I enjoyed...
View ArticleFall Maintenance
Despite the recent tropical rainfall events and microcells that have uprooted 100-year-old oaks in the Northeast, the early fall weather has generally been friendly to local beehives. The weather has...
View ArticleHive Health at the Solstice
Being a schoolteacher doesn’t allow me much time for beekeeping maintenance during the shorter days of winter. I leave for school in the dark (actually at sunrise, which can be quite spectacular) and I...
View ArticleTo Split or Not to Split
A beekeeper should be thorough. I think I am, but my self-image of completeness is a wonderful façade that any master beekeeper would see through.
View ArticleSweetness From Adversity?
All was well when my 8,000 bees finally came in the mail. but then the queen and her retinue became imprisoned.
View ArticleTime for the Second Story?
A beekeeper should try to replace some of the brood comb every year or so. The brood comb, where the queen lays eggs, is heavy-duty comb – not the light wax that is found in comb honey or beeswax...
View ArticlePlenty of Bees, but No Food
A good beekeeper knows what’s going on inside his or her hives. By now you know I am anything but a good beekeeper. Last weekend, after the 100-degree temperatures cooled a bit, my friend and I enjoyed...
View ArticleFall Maintenance
Despite the recent tropical rainfall events and microcells that have uprooted 100-year-old oaks in the Northeast, the early fall weather has generally been friendly to local beehives. The weather has...
View ArticleHive Health at the Solstice
Being a schoolteacher doesn’t allow me much time for beekeeping maintenance during the shorter days of winter. I leave for school in the dark (actually at sunrise, which can be quite spectacular) and I...
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