Tag: Beekeeping

Pete is trying not to count his eggs before they hatch, but all indications point to a large spring honey harvest. And that's just part of the news.

Our apiary grows and we may gain a second bee yard to allow for further expansion. I'm running low on equipment, too.

You can buy bees, or you can help your hives reproduce, expanding your bee yard or apiary at no cost. it just takes time and patience.

Suddenly, spring was here. The bees were flying, the robins were hunting worms, and the bats were catching insects. The homestead is getting busy again.

If we face a war in the Middle East with possible shortages and terrorism, the homestead becomes an increasingly important part of our preps.

After a big honey harvest in late August, the bees surprised us and kept producing for another month. We got anther 50 pounds.

The honey harvest is behind us. It was fun but sticky work and yielded 200 pounds of two different colors of honey.

It's getting close to honey harvest time, and time to help our bee colonies get prepared for the long, cold winter.

This is the peak of production on the homestead. In a survival situation, this is when we would be packing on pounds to get us through the winter.

I have plenty of bees, but little honey. We are all waiting for something to bloom besides wildflowers and clover so the honey flow can start.