Category Archives: Bee Talk

Today yours truly, Big Bear the Bee Doctor (I’m not really a doctor but I play one on TV, so it’s OK), was called to the premises of a very busy Horizontal Top Bar Hive.  The mission: make a split … Continue reading →

When it comes to beekeeping, there is a bit of a hub bub over the use of the word “natural”. For those who use it , they tend to infer that they are using only things that are naturally produced … Continue reading →

Sometimes,  I about burst with pride anytime I get a chance to brag about my girls, the bees.  Honey bees are perhaps our most efficient pollinators. However, the media, as usual, gets to sensationalizing things when they want to scare … Continue reading →

Went to go look at how hive 5 is doing today seeing that the temps are about 60 again.  This hive is at a special outyard at a residential location being looked after by a conservation partner of ours. Upon … Continue reading →

Well, as those who may know,  I usually end up keeping from 5 to 10 hives for my own purposes and get the rest of the bees that I capture or cut-out to area beekeerps to help keep these bees … Continue reading →

We wanted to get a better grip on what we use this particular website for.  Initially we intended to make relocated hive information available but that really hasn’t worked the way we intended it to. After hemming and hawing about … Continue reading →

Before leaving, I would like, dear bees, to carve my name on these leaves, blessed shrub that has taken all its sap from around your dwelling place. In its shade, I have rested from my weariness, have healed my wounds. … Continue reading →

Hey folks, just thought I’d post about what’s going on for Fall in our bee yards. Like most bee folks, we are feeding to get those colonies that are low on resources up to snuff. We do external feeding (except … Continue reading →

A particularly small colony that we have been nursing back to survivability has finally been moved to a new outyard. This colony has no name yet, but will be overwintering in a 2 story 5 frame nuc hive, complete with … Continue reading →