Seems like I need to start these entries a little earlier… I’ve been falling asleep and not feeling like waking up enough to write! That’s typical springtime… the rush is on to clean, garden, farm, ride, move cattle, irrigate and plant. Where we were in snow just a few weeks ago, the grass has now…
Category: Bees
Sad Country Song
Happy Mother’s Day! I really meant to drag out an old photo of me and my mom… and just realized that as I sat down here to type away. That’s typical. Seems like I was late more than once with her Mother’s Day present! So, Mom, here’s a SALUTE to you… I miss you daily!…
Wrecks
1. First Branding is done. We JUST had enough people, short some of our regulars… but had enough food for more! We had great leftovers for supper! 2. While kicking the cows and calves over The Big Grey Ridge, they had a wreck, which means they’ll be riding again tomorrow, trying to straighten out cows…
Bee Adventurous – Part Three
OK, this is rather long… but I did edit it quite a bit! If you can’t see it here for some reason, go to vimeo dot com, and search for Carol Greet. It’ll pull up all my videos for your Friday night entertainment!
Until Tomorrow
Yesterday, I got a call as I was heading for work… The Bee Guy was going to be in Ten Sleep and would I like more bees? You bet! So I threw in my bee suit and gloves… and waited impatiently for his call. Finally it came! They were splitting hives… taking out some of…
Drama. Queen.
Today warmed up some, the best we’ve had, so I decided to transfer the bees to my top bar hive. I lifted the feeder. No movement. I lifted the lid. No movement. Crud. I lifted off the box, and there were my bees, in a pile. An unmoving pile. It looked like they had been…
Bee Adventurous – Part Two
My top bar hive is an unusual style. Most bee hives today are the Langstroth hive, boxes on boxes that you’ve probably seen along the roadway. They are perfect for producing a great quantity of honey while pollinating large acreages. I didn’t need that. I wanted a small amount of honey for myself, maybe some…
Too Exciting
It’s here! It’s here! It’s awesome. My top bar hive arrived today and I’m just giddy! I can give you a video tour tomorrow… I’ve decided to wait to transfer them until the end of the week. It has been cold and blustery and snowing on occasion and even though the top bar might be…
Bee Adventurous – Part One
Forgive any mistakes, you professionals… this is the first time I’ve handled bees!
What Will Bee…
Well. The Adventure began today… my bees arrived! I’m babysitting Jaxon this weekend, so I had a helper on my run to town, but he slept through most of my visit and pickup at Bryant Honey! These guys sold me my Carniolan bees and some syrup for food. Plus, they helped with my biggest problem……
Questions and Answers – April 2013 Edition
Barbara: What titles are on your “gotta read that book” list? What books are in your library? Ooooh. GREAT QUESTION, I love it! Right now I’m working my way through the science fiction series starting with Ender’s Game. I hear they’re making a movie, so I wanted to read it first. Next I have Cat…
A Grand Adventure
You should have seen it. Three little boys, ball caps listing in various directions, being pulled on a sled around and around the garage by Vernon. Snow? They didn’t need any stinking snow! It fact, it was a rather marvelous day! Giggles abounded. We couldn’t help ourselves! We adults couldn’t stand the cuteness of the…