Lughnasa Waxing Back to School Moon Whew. The new queen came today in a perforated UPS box, complete with a court of five worker bees. After spraying them with sugar water, I took them out to the honey house where … 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
Beltane Waning Flower Moon Groceries this morning. I had to get some items for a 13 bean chili recipe I had underway. It was a lot of beans and it made a lot of chili. A lot. I finished that … Continue reading
Spring Waxing Flower Moon The drought took a hit last night and this morning. We had almost an inch of rain and it all fell right in the window when I needed to hive my bees. Wouldn’t you know? Today … Continue reading
Beltane Waning Flower Moon And on the second day of May we turned our garage into a retail establishment. This reminds me of my first ever off the continent trip to Bogota. The neighborhood of our small hotel was residential, … Continue reading