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Bees On A Roof In A Hurricane And weathering the storm just fine. The girls were out flying in the storm, surfing the wind and dodging the rain. The oncoming hurricane didn’t seem to bother them at all. That’s no sprinkle they are flying through, it’s raining hard, yet these […]
Rooftop Bees Ready for a Hurricane “At this moment, You mean everything.” I got the gals prepared for Hurricane Irene in style today. I moved them closer to the house to protect them from the wind and then dressed them up in that pretty red tie down strap. Hopefully they […]
Because they would starve without me. For more than three weeks now the cup plant flowers have been in bloom. There are hundreds of them in the wetlands behind my house. Since these flowers are 40 feet or so from the hive, I thought they would be a great source […]
Still some honey thieves are undeterred. Lately I’ve noticed many yellow jackets, ants, bumble bees and flies attracted to my hive. Some meddlers are even brave enough to crawl around the outside of the boxes until the bees chase them away. These prowlers may be looking for a way to […]
And one who will save you in a pinch. During beekeeping class the instructors went over several important items to keep in your bee tool kit. They mentioned things like a bee brush, or a feather, to move the bees out of the way when needed; a hive tool, an […]
And the flight of the bumble bee. Inspecting the hive in a two queen system is a bit complicated. It is similar to opening two beehives at the same time and leaving them both open while you work. It takes up more space then a normal hive inspection and makes […]