Author Archives: libhart
In the early part of the spring, as I was both waiting for new bees and frustrated by the loss of last year’s bees, I wrote a long-winded post regarding the cold and insulation. Last year I did literally nothing to insulate my hives. This year, I’ve followed through on my plans. Each hive now has […]
I’ve given much thought to losing both hives last year, and to the reasons. I think the main reason was not treating, as late in the season I clearly remember seeing deformed wing. By the time you see that, you’ve got a mighty mite load. But I also reflected on the advice I received last […]
Every time I look at the Russell Apiaries web site I want to buy a queen. I mean every single time. His off-the-beaten-path offerings (like the MMAs) just look so neat. I have to completely control myself to not start adding queens to a shopping cart. It’s just in my nature to want to experiment and […]
The remnants of Lee gave this area our third largest flood in history and kept the bees in eating their stores for a good four days. But alas the rains lifted and finally left, and I was able to get all of my rearranging done. Dummy boards are in where needed and I’m now on […]
I was searching for a proper explative to use in the title of this post, but none seemed both fitting and becoming (all were four letters long). The remnants of tropical storm Lee are dumping inches of rain over the next four days. I really need to rearrange frames in order to get feeders on […]