Tag Archive for ‘urban beekeeping’
MORE FREE BEES
With our bee colonies just barely hanging on (no thanks to varroa, aka vampire, mite) it was time to visit the wild “feral” hive in the Arroyo Seco that we’ve been passing on our weekly goat walks for over two (or more) years.
O VARROA
After 10 years of urban beekeeping (and near 30 years beekeeping experience), we’ve had it pretty easy peasey . But just as our hive count was expanding (and we were counting our honey flow) this month our hives suffered a terrible setback. Hmm, somehow this rings of a Biblical parable.
WATERING HOLE
Bye bye, cool July – hello heat! With the temps back to more normal “summer-like” weather, the critters water needs on the urban homestead need to be taken care of. That includes even the honey bees.
URBAN BEES: REQUEENING
Since we captured that feral freebee swarm back in April 2007, we’ve taken a pretty relaxed approach to urban beekeeping by letting the bees, well just “bee.” However, we are constantly checking the health of the bees and hives. Just recently, we noticed that one of the hives was different.
MEN & BEES AT WORK
On Sunday, with the warmer weather and the spring nectar flow it was time to build up the hive. This was the first time opening the hive since late Fall. So this was a chance to see how they over wintered and spot if there were any diseases present. Well, happy to say the feral [...]
