This may seem strange coming from an experienced beekeeper, but I told you I am not the final voice on beekeeping. I have a honey super in my truck bed that has been there for about 3 1/2 weeks now. If you want to save your comb, then do not leave you frames […]

I have really not gotten anything done since my last post. I have had rains that kept me from working in the yard getting the equipment cleaned. Nor have I gotten the back yard totally cut all at the same time. I have a personal problem called overweight. I have not been […]

The Workshop was a success. There were over 100 beekeepers there. A few wives and some young ones. We had seven stations and each one was a class in itself. The classes were approx 20 minutes long with a 5 minute break between each. We received information about Grafting queen cells […]

I am getting ready to go to a workshop tomorrow. After I mow the grass in both front and back yards, I will get some bee equipment (two extractors — 1- 4 frame solid basket and 1- 2 frame flip basket) ready to take with me to Chipley, FL to sale for the […]

I have told of having to move bees into another box before I went to Texas. Did I procrastinate if I didn’t do what I said I was going to do? I had to clean the extractor and get the honey house in order so I could extract honey before I left. […]

This doesn’t portray me in good light. I sometimes have good intentions, but some things just do not come together for me. For instance, I needed to relocate the swarm in my stacked supers before I left for Texas, but I also needed to move some bees from the 4H camp.
In order to make […]