Tag: Beehive

The bees are keeping my buzzing as I real with queenless hives, new splits, a lack of nectar and strange weather patterns.

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.

Spring is usually a time of rebirth and young animals, but winter wasn't done with us. The recent cold snap caused death and destruction.

The world may be heading towards war, but we still need to inspect the bees, feed the chickens, plan the garden and get ready for spring.

Our bees are off to a strong start thanks to warm weather. That could be good or it could be bad, but it definitely requires management.

Just because its cold, snowy and windy doesn't mean there isn't work to be done. Thankfully, much of it can be done inside.

Homesteading takes investment of time ad money. Sometimes it is planned; other times it catches you by surprise.

Here are the details on how we insulate and wrap our hives to give our bees an added chance to survive the winter, plus a farm inflation report.

The bees look strong heading into the fall, but our mite check turned up some Varroa mites in one of our larger hives.

When the SHTF, the human equivalent of drones (bees that do no work and add little value to a beehive) will be the first to die.