The North Escambia Bee Association Chautauqua was held on February 20, 2010 and was a success!! We had, at my count, 80 people. Over half were new beekeepers attending for the first time. I think there would have been more if the road signs had have been put out. I had places for 12 signs, [...]

I was sitting on the front porch this afternoon taking a break. As I was thinking of the projects I need to put on my To Do list, I noticed some bees landing on some Spanish Needle in my flowerbed. They were apparently gathering pollen, as their pollen baskets on their hind legs were quite [...]

Here is another workshop you might wish to attend:
TUPELO BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION
BEGINNING BEEKEEPERS SEMINAR
Cutts Honey House,
1533 Clayton Road
Chipley, Fl. 32348

When? Oct. 9 & 10. The cost for this is $ 10.00 each and $ 5.00 for 12 Yrs. and under. Please register by Oct.1 so we have a head [...]

Fish Fry/Mini-Workshop

I am questioning if I am a bee keeper or bee haver or maybe even if I am a Wannabee.  I have had 6 nucs (splits, swarms, etc) and one swarm that had moved into one of my honey supers to be cleaned. All these were in my back yard (I use the back yard [...]

Since my wife was in the hospital for 5 days with E. Coli in her blood, I was at a standstill. I was able to attend a 4H camp and talk to about 200 students and adults one evening. But since then, my wife just got out of the hospital Thursday. I could not let [...]

I have in my yard right now, 8 boxes (nuc size) of bees I have caught as either swarms or splits for different reasons in the last 4 weeks. In this group there is a swarm that moved into one of my “to clean” boxes. It is a honey super. I had to change [...]

My friend Doug got the glass replaced in the observation hive and brought it to me yesterday. After finding the queen, marking her with green paint, and clipping her wing, we took a frame of brood and bees with the queen from the nuc we had to use when we broke the glass. Only one [...]

I had a short conversation on the phone with a new beekeeper. He had bought a nuc from me and was calling to ask questions about it. He also mentioned that a friend was buying a nuc from a bee supplier in Marianna, FL. My young beekeeper said that he had asked his friend to [...]

Here is the low down on my honey extraction. Today, I got to extract the honey I had pulled 7 days ago. Let me tell you, I am real disappointed with myself. I have been told over and over and over again to extract within three days of pulling honey. I was even told why. [...]