Ok, I couldn't just NOT tell you some of the things I learned. I HAVE TO TELL SOMEBODY. IT'S SO NEAT! And I already told my husband once if not twice and I don't think he wants to hear it all yet again…
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Over the last two days, I have been in Gainesville Florida, attending their Spring Bee College. It's an intensive two day event of all sorts of bee classes hosted by University of Florida's Institute…
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Springtime is swarm season! My colony is healthy and growing with lots of eggs, brood and drones. Charmaine is still going strong. She’s been our queen for 4 months now! While I’d love to just let the…
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Happy Groundhog Day! Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow today, predicting an early Spring. Thanks Phil, but truth be told, my bees knew this weeks ago. They have been…
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I checked the bugs last weekend, but didn't blog about it. Everything was good. Really good. When in installed our new queen Charmaine, I also started mite treatment. I treated…
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I have to admit, I've been a little hesitant to check the bugs. It's been 6 weeks since my newest queen Charmaine was introduced to the hive. My previous two queens…
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It's in the upper 70s and sunny today, and I have a quest to complete, to find her royal highness so I suited up and went to bother the bugs…
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It is a lovely day in the mid to high 70s and sunny. A perfect day to check on the bugs. Before I tell you what I saw today, let me recap…
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On Monday I picked up a new queen and dropped her in the hive as soon as I got home. It was dark, thanks to this silly time thing, it's now dark when I get home at 6pm. But I quickly…
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It's gorgeous today and the bugs were busy foraging so it's a great time to check the hive. I last checked 2 weeks ago. Everything was awesome with Freddie doing what…
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It's a gorgeous 75º Sunday here in North Florida and the bugs are busy foraging, so I of course bothered them today. Pierre sometimes tries to tell me to leave them alone…
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So I installed a sparkly brand new queen last Friday. Even though I said I wouldn't check again for two weeks, on Sunday, I did open 'er up to take out the queen cage. She was…
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After Saturday's super disappointing discovery that my girls did not successfully raise a queen, I became the busy bee and started searching for a local source to find a…
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Forgive me readers, it has been two weeks since my last inspection. Yep, it's time for bee confessional. I eagerly and oh so optimistically suited up to check the hive today…
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I've spent the last 8 days on a Disney Cruise ship. I'm tired, a bit more tanned, a bit more fluffy (ugh that cruise food), and have a mountain of laundry to do. But the first thing…
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The big bad Hurricane Dorian has come and gone here in North Florida. It was super mild here, we were lucky. My heart breaks for the Bahamians who have been affected…
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Update to yesterday's post: Aaaannnd it's raining. And even if it clears up later, the bees are still going to be grumpy so I will not be looking for eggs today. And probably not for several days…
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t's Saturday, inspection day. I debated on whether I should inspect today or not. The bees have been kinda pissy lately, forcing me to put my bee jacket and veil on just to replace their jar…
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Tomorrow will be 3 weeks since I got my bees. I have not been stung. Yet. Over the past few weeks, I've done more studying and went to a local beekeepers club meeting, and…
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He showed up early and I took him to the hive. He didn't seem very nice, a gruff old man that wasn't thrilled to see me. It was sunny and super hot. He opened my hive…
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