The last six weeks were not good for the bees. Our queens kept vacating their thrones, and we were left struggling to keep our colonies healthy while they tried to make new queens. We have all the elements of a hit HBO series within our bee yard: restless queens, villains (in the form of small hive beetles), sexual intrigue (Will the virgin queens get mated?) and oppressive natural forces in the form of never ending rain. Continue reading
May 20 is World Bee Day. I don’t know the proper custom for celebrating this holiday. A magical bee fairy doesn’t come and visit children at night and leave presents. Although, you may want to stand by your kids beds while they sleep and make a buzzing sound. When they wake up you can yell “Surprise! It’s World Bee Day.” The purpose of World Bee Day is to draw attention to the plight of all bees not just the honey bees, who I believe have much better publicists than the other bees. World bee day seemed like a good day to write a post about the status of our honey bees. Continue reading
Married with Bees 