Now THIS is what spring should be like! What a nice day! I still wasn’t brave enough to modify the cross combing on my top bar bee hive some more, but I did get a few things cleaned up at my Bee Barn, with Vernon’s strong muscles to help! I need a coon-proof screen door…
Category: Bees
Top Bar Hive Bee Barn
I managed to clean out my future Top Bar Hive Bee Barn (thanks, Susan, for coming up with the appropriate name!… though “boudoir” ran a close second!) at least partially this morning. The heavy stuff is going to have to wait til I get someone to help me lift… The rims, I was hoping, would…
Didn’t I?
You guys amaze me! The guesses from yesterday’s post were correct! This place… will soon become my Bee House, my Bee Building, my Bee Boudoir! The inside needs some cleaning… That’s what I was *supposed* to do today, but getting my little mini truck down there in the slick mud and, yes, it *did* SNOW…
Bee Adventurous – Cross Comb Repair
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Bee Adventurous – My Helper
I thought you might enjoy this quick video of Lucas and my new top bar beehive. I was seated on a log… just watching the bees go in and out of their entrance holes. There were just a few dozen of them, none of which was paying any attention to either of us. Lucas decided…
Bee Adventurous IV
It was a warm day… it actually rained for a bit… rain on snow means mush everywhere and ice when it cools down again. I pursued some indoor projects… My Indian room has needed curtains since I moved in. I’ve repurposed the original lined draperies into a bedskirt and today I made a pillow case…
Good Things
My, oh, my! I’ve a couple of videos for you… but I didn’t come in here soon enough to accomplish that! After fussing and researching, I decided, once the sun was out and it was a balmy 45˚, to go ahead and break into my new hive and see the conditions. I had worried that…
Bee Adventurous Again
My first bee sting. She didn’t get me very good, so it wasn’t much… and, yes, I deserved it. Don’t Put Your Fingers Where You Can’t See, one of the cardinal rules of beekeeping… oops. Let me tell you the story of this Bee Attempt. I saw on craigslist a successful top bar hive was…
Knock on Wood
We didn’t get back home until after dark. While the morning started cold, below zero in various spots as we drove along for 3 hours, by the time we arrived in Riverton, the day had finally warmed up, and it actually was 41˚. 41˚! Wow. Somehow that camera of mine forgot to get out of…
Questions and Answers – October 2013 Edition
Let’s go! Marilyn: Question: your dogs expend a LOT of energy when they are working. What do you feed them for optimum nutrition? Marilyn, I feed Loyall dog food and usually they are on just the Maintenance. If there is going to be tons of work, I’ll buy their Active Adult which has higher protein. …
Questions and Answers – July 2013 Edition
Karyn: Question for you: The profile picture of you and Elsa…she is terribly muddy. Do you have a story to go with that? Still miss her…. Oh, Karyn, I miss her too! <sniff> I put that up after she died, kind of my little tribute to her… The photo is from 2008. I’d had her…