Author: Cheryl

2023 Fall Beehive Update

We applied our fall (honey friendly) varroa mite treatment and began giving them 2 cups…

Coming Home To Friendly Chickens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfo3hThPaDk The Chickens Were Happy To See Me Until They Discovered That I Didn't Have…

Worker Bees Moving Eggs Into The Flow Hive Frames

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSsHXLQwEKQ Most of the brood frames below are from a colony that did not survive…

Found evidence of my queen!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es2imGrM0vo My queen bee acts like a princess!

Trying To Find Evidence Of The Queen After Releasing Her

https://youtu.be/HcVbHxByL-8 Couldn't find the queen through the piles of bees. Didn't see any larvae developing…

We got tewlve more birds and a turkey!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNI5YNEcGC8 The new birds seem to like it here!

Freed The Queen Bee From Her Cage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJkKAaIfMdE After a week of not being rescued, I intervened by removing the other cork…

April Beehive Check

The hive is doing well (other than being angry with me). The Queen is present…

Taking The Chicks Outside

The chicks have been enjoying their time outside and safely interacting with their kin from…

The Chicks Are 5-Weeks Old!

They're almost ready to go outside!