Lughnasa Waxing Back to School Moon After a nap, I headed out again, the second of three busy days. This time I went to Jax, a return to the 1950’s with dark wood paneling, a lovely buffet table and Jean-Marie’s … Continue reading
Beltane Waning Flower Moon Good bee news on two fronts. In colony 2, the child colony, I inserted the queen using the slow release method, a piece of marshmallow covering her escape route which she and her new family will … Continue reading
Beltane Waning Flower Moon After checking the parent colony with the queen excluder in, I found larvae in the top hive box. That’s evidence of the queen. That meant I shifted the middle hive box over to the new foundation … Continue reading
Spring Awakening Moon Checked on the bees today. They needed syrup so I put in two pitchers full. They also needed another pollen patty. The colony looks healthy. Lots of bees hard at work. No stings. I have a few … Continue reading
Imbolc New Moon (Awakening) Bees. Bees. Bees. Bees. I’ve had two 8 hour sessions of nothing but bees. And more stuff about bees. Today I learned about dividing a colony, a successfully wintered colony, which is our situation here. As … Continue reading