Category: Beekeeping

This weekend, we got all our beehives buttoned up for winter. First, we’ve left each hive with three medium boxes full of honey and pollen to feed the bees until …

In winter, honey bees cluster together for warmth. They shiver their wing muscles to generate enough heat to keep the queen warm at the center of the colony — between …

Winter has come in earnest, and we’ve had weeks of cold, rainy, sleety weather. But today, the sun peeked out briefly and our honey bees were able to get out …

It’s only February 28, but already our bees have found an ample source of early pollen. Today we observed worker bees at all of our hives actively bringing in light …

Courage, friends. Spring is coming.

Good friends of ours had to put their beekeeping on hold for a year while they sorted out a job change and relocation. I borrowed Jesse’s empty hives last year …

Here in northern Indiana, winter is still in full force. Groundhog Day predictions point to more icy weather for weeks to come. But the winter solstice is past, days are …

I had the opportunity to borrow a FLIR E30 thermal imaging camera from a friend about a week ago. We used the FLIR to take some images of our hives …

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It’s an unusually warm February day here in northeast Indiana, approaching 60°. The girls are out for a cleansing flight, and some of them are finding the first pollen of …