We Save Bees!
Laying Workers in Package Bees? Yes, it happened. But it shouldn’t. Upon inspecting one of my newly installed packages last week to check for eggs, I came across this lovely sight – not one, not two, but multiple eggs per cell. Some cells had only a few eggs and some […]
Dee Lusby Organic Beekeeper Recently, I had the pleasure of attending the Organic Beekeeping Conference in Oracle, Arizona. This event is put together every year by Dee Lusby, the queen of Organic and Treatment Free Beekeeping. Dee Lusby is a commercial beekeeper with over 700 hives in southern Arizona, the […]
Local Bee Lovers – Host A Hive In Your Own Backyard!! Curious about what it’s like to keep bees but lack the expertise, equipment or time? Now you can host a honeybee hive for us instead. Hive hosting is easy and FUN! We have a few spots available for HIVE […]
Blizzard Nemo Blankets My Bees In Snow The weather forecasters predicted epic snowfall and historic blizzard conditions here in Beverly this weekend. As people around me stocked up on essentials like milk, bread and cases of beer (what you need for every snowstorm apparently), the state of Massachusetts declared a […]
Death of a Hive: A Postmortem Analysis It is with great sadness that I write this post and one of the reasons it has been a while since I have posted last. Of course this was also partly due to normal holiday busyness and the craziness of being parent at […]
No Cook Candy Board for Bees Now Available In Our Store! Do you want to use a candy board to feed your bees this winter but don’t have time to make one? Try our reusable, refillable candy board, no cooking required. Simply buy the board, add a sugar/water mixture and […]