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Rainfall and the Effects on Nectar

In North Texas – the 2024 spring season gave me a false hope of being a good honey production year. The first weeks in March provided the beginning of a decent nectar flow from the plants that were in bloom leading up to that week. Several hives proved to me that nectar was being brought […]

June 12th, 2024 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Ag Valuation, Bee Yard, Bee Yard Projects, Beekeeping, Bohemian Life, Bohemian Utopia, Garden, Gardening, Harmony Hollow Apiaries, Homesteading, Nature, Sustainability, Swarms, Texas Master Beekeeper | Leave a comment

The State of the Bees – June 11 2024

11 June 2024.

An update on this year’s honeybees.

Rain Rain Rain!

We have had MUCH more rain this year than the last 10 year average. Of the locations that I manage hives – the rainfall has been between 55% and 80.0% higher than the last 10 years’ average rainfall.

The highest actual rainfall – […]

June 1st, 2024 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Ag Valuation, Bee Yard, Beekeeping, Bohemian Utopia, Garden, Harmony Hollow Apiaries, Nature, Texas Master Beekeeper | Leave a comment

Bee Yard Project – Convert Frame Feeder to No-Drown Feeder – DIY

This short video outlines how to convert a standard frame feeder into a no-drown feeder for syrup being fed to bees.

All items for the upgrade were available as scrap from my personal workshop – so no additional materials were purchased for the improvements. The only expenditure was my personal labor.

Be sure to watch […]

April 29th, 2018 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Bee Yard, Bee Yard Projects, Beekeeping, Bohemian Utopia, Construction, Crafts, Harmony Hollow Apiaries, Homesteading, Nature | Leave a comment