I ordered 25 more queen bees today. They should be here by this weekend and I will try once more to requeen my colonies. I had to purchase 25 to get a price break. $2.00 a head will be worth the extra queens. I only need 14. I will try to sell the ones I […]

I went to the apiaries in north Escambia County, FL this morning. I was early for the appointment with the news paper photographer. I decided to number all the honey supers in 4 of my apiaries saving the largest one in the area where the photographer was to meet me at. I found a deadout […]

I need to requeen all my hives not because I signed a piece of paper promising that I would implement Best Management Practices (BMP), but because I have never requeened in the Fall. I read that Fall queens will lay eggs longer because they are new queens and they haven’t learned to shut down as […]

Tuesday, I went to a new beekeeper to check his bees and he asked me to help pull his honey and to extract. I got there about 8:45 am and we proceeded to check his bees. The last time I checked them, colony #1 was strong and have a very good brood pattern. Colony #2 […]

I tried to get to the rest of my apiaries, but something kept coming up and preventing me from doing my work. Any excuse to keep from going to the field. That is my biggest problem. I have to get back into the habit of working my bees. If you want to make a go […]

One thing that the rains have taught me is - If you have a canopy that you use for a honey booth, do not use it for anything else, including leaving it up in your back yard. I was using my 10′ x 10′ canopy to shade my work area that I designated for cleaning […]

I have mentioned that I wanted to re queen this month. The reason was to have the new queen lay bunches and bunches of fall eggs so the bees would be very strong and young going into Winter. That would equal out to be a very strong overwintering colony. However, that ain’t gonna happen. My […]

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 […]