Our first season as beekeepers has come to a close. We’ve had an amazing time watching both colonies grow in number, build wax comb, store pollen and nectar, make propolis and all the other bee things. We didn’t get to take honey for ourselves, but that’s ok. It is what I expected as each colony needs approximately […]
learning curve
Brussels Sprouts, Finally!
This here stalk of brussels sprouts has been the cause of so much excitement all summer long. It was our first true harvest of brussels sprouts after years of planting and not reaping. They weren’t as big as the brussels sprouts you can snatch a bag of at Costco, but they carried so much more […]
The honey super box goes on!
When we installed our three-pound package of bees, we had anywhere from 10,000-12,000 bees PER HIVE! Now the population is growing on top of that at an incredible rate! The queen bee can lay up to 2,000 eggs per day, and we know her eggs are hatching now. We’ve seen the empty cells and even […]
