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
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 Waning Summer Moon Today the queen excluder goes on my three hives after I shift the bottom to the top and the top to the bottom. On top of the queen excluder goes two honey supers. A honey super … Continue reading
Waning Days of Beltane Waning Dyan Moon We near midsummer; it’s only 15 hours away. The Summer Solstice, the hot sister of my favorite holiday, the Winter Solstice, comes to Minnesota at 12:47 am tomorrow, the early hours of father’s … 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