The time has come my friends, the awfully dreaded winter in Northern WI is upon us! So far we had a chilly fall, then it warmed up, then it rained A LOT and then it warmed back up again. I have high hopes (at least… Read More »Buttoned Up For Winter – 2023
Beekeeping this year, has been real good to us ! We finally feel like we have a good strong hive, not a lot of hiccups, lots of fresh equipment and all those good thoughts are doing us some good! The Queen has been VERY busy… Read More »Summer Harvest August 2023
Here in Northern WI, we have been experiencing some weird weather for June. Some days its 80-90 degrees, other days we’re barely hitting 60 degrees and still NO rain. Very unusual for this area and time of year. Why am I telling you this? Well… Read More »June – New Bees & Honey
The long awaited day is finally here, we got our bees!! If you haven’t read my older post, we lost our bees in spring of 2022. We winterized them and survived the brutal cold winter of 2021-22 but came spring and they had died of… Read More »A Fresh Start – 2023
I love Green Bean Casserole and the traditional way its made but why not make it better? I wanted something that grabs peoples attention with the different yet the same taste. Containing no canned ingredients, Green Bean Casserole is as fresh as you can get.… Read More »Green Bean Casserole – Low Carb
It is with much sadness that we have to inform our friends and followers that we have lost our last hive. This was beyond our control, we did everything we could have possibly done. I have been quiet lately, because I was a bit sad… Read More »Unfortunate Events
We have officially made it to spring, with summerlike temperatures coming in Northern WI, this week. We are finally out of the bitter cold and the bees have SURVIVED. This is such a small but absolutely incredible milestone for us. If we can continue this… Read More »We Made It (Or So We Thought)
It’s nearing that time of the year, where we lost our bees last winter. They were doing so good all winter and than warm days in February came around and we lost them. At first we couldn’t believe what had happened, they were doing good… Read More »Hive Update – February
At the very end of the month of January, we finally have a couple of days above freezing. What does that mean for us and the bees? It means its a good time to do a quick check and see how their sugar patty food… Read More »January 2022 Hive Check
I just want to start off by saying I can’t believe we have come to the end of fall and it’s time to get the bees hunkered down for the winter. We used similar techniques as we did last fall except for this year we… Read More »Winterized the Bees 2021