Author: Cheryl

Setting Up Our 2025 Russian Beehive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nyPGSS1laU This bee installation was not fun. The feed can would not come our so…

March 2025 Russian Bees Update

 The bees made it through the winter!  They appreciated the sugar water I left…

December 2024 Russian Bees Update

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I Don’t Mind Dandelions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaSAfpYWgeI Dandelions are free food for bees. I hope my neighbors are understanding!

5-Week-Old Ducks Bobbing for Peas in the Bathtub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep4zRs9fiWU The ducks are quacking more than peeping, their legs are turning orange, and they…

Checking on the Carniolan Bees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQpneJSycB8 Checking to make sure that the queen was successfully released from her cage. (She…

Brought the Ducks Outside for the First Time

https://youtu.be/dzXo1pG9kIw Brought the ducklings outside to meet the chickens for the first time

Deploying the Carniolan Bees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmCVeld4vb0 This bee installation didn't go smoothly as some of the bees spilled out into…

Checking on and removing the Russian queen’s cage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUzfc2dMmik Found and removed the cage that briefly contained the Russian queen bee

Ducks Wagging Their Tails in the Bathtub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tMd_WaYJT8 They seem to wag their tails from excitement and/or happiness. It sure is cute…