Last night I went to a talk by Dr. Dewey Caron presented by the Carroll County Beekeepers Association. It was held at the Carroll Community College library. It was a great location and a nice room for a presentation. It was also a regular monthly meeting for the CCBA, but […]
I checked my hives yesterday. It was the first nice day in three or four weeks. The sun was out and it was in the mid forties – maybe warmer. I was walking the dogs and noticed that there were lots of bees flying around the front of hive 4. […]
Did a quick check of the hives in my yard and the one on the farm. All 4 are still going strong!
Is is just about 50 degrees here and I checked on the hives in my yard. Both nucs have starved: lots of bees in a nice cluster but no honey. Candy on top was being eaten in the early winter, but lately it was too cold for the bees to […]
This is the first I have seen her lay on the outside of the frame for weeks!
The day before the winter solstice, the bees became frenetic. I could hear them buzzing from the next room. I went and observed and I was unable to detect what could possibly be causing the disruption. Is the winter solstice really that exciting an event for a colony of bees? […]
On November 4, a single yellow jacket found it’s way into the hive. Chaos ensued!! […]
I have always wanted an observation hive. When I first started keeping bees, I was advised not to start with one as they are more difficult to keep thriving than a full size colony. Then, when I began to look at the cost of assembled observations hive, I pretty much […]
Today was a relatively warm day after a few weeks of cold. Temp here in LIbertytown was 50, so I checked to see which hives were still buzzing. This is the score: my yard: 1.Allen’s nuc: died (I think this queen was not very suited for this area, there was […]
I did an inspection of the California Nuc that I bought from Allen this spring. This is the colony that I took most of the brood from when making up nucs. At the time it seemed the strongest. It paid the price. The brood pattern is spotty. This is actually […]
