This is a repeat, but I have had several people ask me to remind all my readers.
The next Florida State Beekeepers Association workshop will be October 30, 31, Nov 1, 2008. That is the last weekend of the month. Will be held in Gainesville, FL at:
 
Florida Farm Bureau Group
www.ffbic.com
5700 SW 34th St, Gainesville […]

Even though Murphy’s Law caught me, it was for the best. When I got to the mechanic’s, my battery was the culprit. But while I was there I told them to just check for anything else that might be bad. My distributor and rotor were burnt, and I was told that if I had gotten […]

I got up this morning and got my wife off to work. Things started down hill from there. It started raining, my Dodge Ram would not start, and I couldn’t go to the bee yards to finish marking the hives. I decided to get some honey gathered to restock my truck and wife’s car for […]

My friend, Don, and I went to the bee yards yesterday after stopping to eat breakfast and get some ice for the little cooler. It was hot but, the humidity was down, so it felt 10 degrees cooler than the 90+. I wish that I had taken a picture before we mowed and trimmed […]

This week has been tough on me. I had to go to town and get some items both for the house and the apiaries. Going to Walmart in this town is a nightmare, at least to me. They have been changing up the display isles and shelves. Where they used to have something, now holds […]

For the last couple of days, maybe 3 or 4 even, I have been collecting honey jars, buying more caps and rings, washing jars and, well I am getting ahead of myself.
I had in the past, inherited some jars from various sources and put them in storage until now. They collected dust and grime. […]