Spring Full Bee Hiving Moon First full outdoor morning. Took off all the hive boxes, cleaned every frame and the hive boxes, prepared hive boxes for the packages due next weekend. The divide from last year’s parent colony had a … Continue reading
Spring Waxing Bee Hiving Moon Kate comes home tonight. Yeah! I miss her when she’s gone. I’ll follow our usual procedure and pick her up at the Loon Cafe, conveniently located at the end of the light rail service from … Continue reading
Summer Waning Summer Moon The smoker worked. Mostly. The bees have had 2 to 2.5 months of breeding, brooding and comb building. There are a lot more bees than there were in April when Mark showed me how to load … Continue reading
Summer Waxing Summer Moon Mark and Elise came over today. We wandered through the garden and the orchard, followed by Rigel and Vega. They licked and pressed and jumped. New people! New people! Oh, boy! Oh, boy! New people! Rigel … Continue reading