This is the second week of having honeybees!  And already a lot has happened. It’s actually still a bit chilly for the bees sometimes.  Last weekend when I went to take out the queen cages the bees were huddled in a cluster and I didn’t want to disturb them.  Hmmm… that sentence is going to […]

By “came” I mean “we went to pick them up.”  Three packages of Russians.  It was an hour ride back with 9 lbs of bees on my lap in the truck! Anna came back to visit and help out with the bees.  We both looked like space men and the bees were like tiny little […]

I’m feeling pretty prepared!  I took a workshop on bee keeping with Ross Conrad at  the NOFA NY conference this winter.  Also took a two day intensive organic bee keeping workshop at The Commons in Brooklyn with the guys from Honey Bee Lives.  Plus I’ve read some books and watched some you tube videos.  Plus […]