Mid-Summer Waning Honey Flow Moon Turns out making cylinders is hard. In clay. Kate and I are rank beginners at this clay thing, but we are taking a class with others who aren’t. This makes life difficult for the teacher … Continue reading
Mid-Summer Waning Honey Flow Moon The six new honey supers did not prove necessary since I’m still two supers ahead of each colony, but it does look like colonies 2 & 3 have already stored a lot of honey, especially … Continue reading
Mid-Summer Waning Honey Flow Moon Out to the bees in just a few minutes to slap on two more honey supers each, the six I finished varnishing yesterday while Mark put foundations in the frames. This will find six honey … Continue reading
Mid-Summer Full Honey Flow Moon More fun with the alarm system. Back and forth with ADT. On the phone, pushing buttons. Still the chirping. Service call. Business meeting. Scheduling a Denver trip for sometime in September. Looking at buying some … Continue reading
Mid-Summer Full Honey Flow Moon Talking with Mark today it occurred to me, for the first time, that part of what was going on with him, maybe a lot of it, involved repatriation. So, I looked it up on google. … Continue reading
Mid-Summer Waxing Honey Flow Moon So. Attended a political meeting in the morning, came home, took a long nap, got up and put Helmsman varnish on the honey supers, six, then went up and watched some TV after a conversation … Continue reading
Mid-Summer Waxing Honey Flow Moon Apres deluge. Drove into St. Paul this morning, a long chunk of the ride behind a pick-up with Louisiana plates. Felt like the bayou during the tail end of a hurricane. Driving in Minnesota seems … Continue reading
Mid-Summer Waxing Honey Flow Moon The card gods have failed to smile on me the last three months. Paying me back for that lucky streak, teaching me–again–humility. But. Bill Schimdt, with brother Pat over his shoulder, won big tonight. Congratulations … Continue reading
Mid-Summer Waxing Honey Flow Moon Kate’s put up ten jars of red currant jam and put together six honey supers. She’s a great ally in estate management with her skills. She keeps saying, “I’m surprised how much major surgery slows … Continue reading