Hello, I know it’s been a minute. Here is a new preview video for Spring 2022. New Hive and New Garden 🪴 preview. Happy Earth 🌍 Day!
Summer Surprise

Just an update on the most recent hive find, I will share more later!
Morning with the Bees
Here is a quick video of our time this morning with the bees
Need Bees?
I know that my site has been bare lately. Life has been hectic with regular world. I know that some people have contacted me about getting started.
Here is a local company that I have worked with to get my nucs and packages. SweetGrass Honey is owned by Mick Wiser who has helped me and got me into beekeeping.

You check out the shop link to get bees in April and May 2021. Good luck and Happy Beekeeping, I am getting a few nucs and packages this year myself.
Happy New Bee Year!
Michelle
Pollen Patties
Hello, it’s fall and the bees are doing well but we are closing down for the season. I have noticed some beetles a few weeks ago and added traps.This pollen patte should add nutrients for the winter.
To make pollen patties I used the following item:
Sugar
Bee-Pro Pollen
Organic Coconut oil
Essential oils
Thanks you for following and have a great holiday season!
Strong Hive
Here are some recent photos of one the hives that is thriving.
Beehive Move: July 2020
Here is a recently finished video of our movement bees from the nuc to regular hive.
Here are beekeeper terms that were used in this video:
- Bearding is a term referring to bees accumulating at the front of the hive, in a beard-like shape. Bees do this to make room inside the hive for added ventilation on a hot and humid day.
- Frame is a piece of equipment made of either wood or plastic designed to hold the honey comb.
- Hive tool is a metal device used to open hives, pry frames apart, and scrape wax and propolis from the hive parts.
- Nucleus is a hive of bees which consists of fewer frames than a typical hive and may be smaller in size. A nucleus usually consists of two to five frames of comb and used primarily for starting new colonies or rearing or storing queens; also called and commonly referred to a nuc.
- Smoker is a device in which materials are slowly burned to produce smoke (not flames) which is used to subdue bees. It is important to use a material that produces a cool smoke as not to harm the bees.
- Queen is a female bee with a fully developed reproductive system, and she is larger and longer than a worker bee.
Adding Frames
The hives are healthy and it’s time to let them expand and add frames.



I’ll check in again soon!
Moving Day
This morning we moved the bee from a 5 frame to an 8 frame box.
Hot day in the City
Here is some video of bees bearding. This is often confused with a “swarm”. The bees are trying to stay cool outside the hive. This is a new nuc that I have not moved to my box because I wanted them to get very strong.
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