bees

October Garden To Do List

October 7, 2012

October is a busy month in the garden. Its the close of the gardening season and the more work I do now, hopefully, will eliminate some work for me in the hustle and bustle of spring. I have a check list that is always expanding and changing, which is one reason I love gardening so [...]

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Feeding the Bees

September 27, 2012

In the spring before the flowers start to open and in the fall when the flowers are closing for the season, you have to feed your bees. Yep, I feed my bees, Liz feeds her bees. If you are a beekeeper most likely this time of year you have purchased a big bag of sugar [...]

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200th Post and A Sunshine Award!

August 16, 2012

I received a new award from Emma at Miss Apis Mellifera. I would like to formally thank Emma for nominating my little ol’ blog for this award. If you have time stop over and visit Emma at her blog Miss Apis Mellifera. She is located in London and loves her bees and has a wicked sense [...]

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Colony Cycle of the Hive

July 12, 2012

Beekeeping follows seasonal cycles. Last time Liz and I opened the hive, Liz gave me a quick tutorial on the seasons of the hive. Here in Cincinnati the yearly colony cycle can be broken into four seasons: Spring-build-up Late Spring & Early Summer- honey flow Late Summer-Dearth Fall- honey flow The flowering of plants [...]

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My First Bee Swarm!

April 29, 2012

On Friday morning when I was writing my post “Why I have Bees” I thought I should add a photo of the Blackberry flowers because the bees help in their pollination. So, I grabbed the camera, put on my down coat and headed out to the orchard. It was a beautiful sunny morning, but chilly [...]

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My first jar of honey

April 22, 2012

Liz stopped by to do a check up on the hives. It had been one week since she installed her three hives and she wanted to make sure all was well. She has been receiving call after call over the last week about bee swarms. She routinely goes out and captures swarms and then places [...]

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Black Locust Tree

April 21, 2012

I am not in any way shape or form a morning person. You can ask the people I live with, I don’t like to get up and I can be a bit grumpy in the morning, or so they say! Anyway since I ended up with all those darn roosters, I have to keep Foghorn [...]

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Bee Boxes Set up…waiting for bees.

March 30, 2012

Yes its true, I thought of myself as NOT a very good beekeeper. I was finally willing to admit I had failed miserable and it was time to admit defeat. (which if you know me , you know is very hard for me to do!) Lucky for me, I have a dear friend Dee who [...]

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Bee hive in working order.

March 14, 2012

Bee hive was checked yesterday and the queen is laying. However, they had no food, so they were fed some sugar-water. We are on our way to honey!! The Queen is the longer lady in the center of this picture, she has no black rings. She is surrounded by her ladies in waiting (worker bees). [...]

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