We’ve been very busy in our apiary the past week or so splitting our stronger wintered colonies. When conditions are right in the Spring, a healthy colony of bees will see its population expand very rapidly. Unless the beekeeper intervenes, the old queen will...
It’s that time of the year. Upon exiting the worship service this past Sunday evening in Grand Rapids, we were pleasantly surprised to see a large swarm of honey bees hanging around 30 feet off the ground on a tree in the front yard. Evidently, the nearby hive...
In our home town of Hudsonville, MI there is a wonderful family owned local hardware store. While the nearby Lowes or Home Depot hardware store monstrosities likely offer better prices on the parts we need to fix our leaky toilet, or damaged window screen, we...
Day 1 Last week Mieke and I made our annual trek to Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI to attend the Michigan Beekeeper Association’s Spring Conference. Once again we had an enjoyable time at the conference, meeting and chatting with fellow...
We recently experienced that February thaw we were waiting for here in Michigan. I couldn’t wait to get over to our apiary to see how my girls fared over the cold winter months. We were quite happy to discover that at the moment all of our colonies that went...
