Feeding the Bees and Cleaning the Chickens
We may have small stock, but its keeping us busy! From feeding the bees to cleaning chicks with pasty butt, it's all part of a day in the life of a homseteader.
Picking the Best Breeds for our Bee and Chick Orders
As spring comes closer, we order our bee hive, bees, and chicks. It was a learning experience but we will plan better next year.
Wow, Talk About a Busy Day
They say that when it rains it pours. That was the case today when all the livestock we had ordered months ago showed up on the same day.
The Chicks and Bees are on their Way!
Work continues between the rain drops as the chicken coop and beehives await their new occupa
A New Beekeepers Guide to Feeding Your Bees
You would not think twice about feeding your chickens, your goats, your pigs, and other livestock. Feeding your bees is important for hive health and honey production.
A Busy Day in the Bee Yard
Monday's beehive inspection revealed some surprises, both good and bad. We've got supers on two hives and are making honey for our spring harvest.
Building and Tracking Bee Equipment
With cold weather bringing a halt to work on the chicken coop, I worked in the shop assembling bee hives until it was finally warm enough to paint them.
A New, Local Queen and Bees to Strengthen our Hive
When we went to pick up the bee hive components I had ordered, we found a source for local queens and bees to help our hive start off strong.
Working on my Farmer Tan and Splitting Bees
A long day spent int he bee yard getting stung and splitting hives, but we're nor done yet as we expand to seven hives.
One Hive Down, Two to Go; Plus Cyberattacks on Essential Services
After a clandestine meeting in which I slipped a woman a wad of $20s and she handed me a small, carefully built wooden box, I was the proud owner of some bees.
