Bee Source – Updated 2023

It’s 2023 and I know that you may be thinking of beekeeping. There 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.

https://www.sweetgrasshoney.com

You check out the shop link to get bees in April and May. Good luck and Happy Beekeeping, I am getting a few packages this year myself.

Happy New Bee Year!

Michelle

Bee Classes🐝

It’s the winter and so many people ask me about classes and starting your hive in the Spring. Many of the bee clubs offer classes but I recently found that Central Maryland Beekeepers is offering their Beekeeping 101 class that will begin in March 2023. This is a great opportunity to have an in-person experience for a relatively low cost.

Summer 2022 update

Sorry for the lack of activity. As we reach the end of the summer, I just wanted to add a short video to let you know I am still out there thriving and surviving 🥰

Summer 2022

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.

https://www.sweetgrasshoney.com

You check out the shop link to get bees in April and May. Good luck and Happy Beekeeping, I am getting a few 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!

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:

  1. 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.
  2. Frame is a piece of equipment made of either wood or plastic designed to hold the honey comb.
  3. Hive tool is a metal device used to open hives, pry frames apart, and scrape wax and propolis from the hive parts.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Queen is a female bee with a fully developed reproductive system, and she is larger and longer than a worker bee.

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