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
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
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
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
This weekend we decided it was time to take a look at the hives and also help support the hives a little better. In my previous bee post I had shown how Mark made our little hive table with an old outside table and some… Read More »July 2021 Hive Check & Support