We have had a few cool nights this week, with temperatures down into the mid 30’s (deg. F). When today’s temperature got up to about 50 deg. F, I decided to go ahead and check the hive. Going into winter, I had put in 4 lbs of dry sugar onto the inner cover, then covered […]
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1/30/2012 This last weekend was beautiful in north Texas. Friday, I saw a variety of pollen coming into the hive – including a nice bright yellow-orange color; some was a pale yellow-white in color; and other -(presumably henbit) was a blood-red. The henbit has been flowering for the last 2-3 weeks, now. Daytime temps have […] Spent all day today at the Texas Discovery Gardens ( http://www.texasdiscoverygardens.org ) – manning the Texas Honeybee Guild booth for the “Urban Sustainable Ecosystems” symposium. ( https://www.facebook.com/UrbanSustainableEcosystems ) Day two looks to be a great list of speakers scheduled as well! Amber and I will finish painting our hive woodenware before heading out to day […] I”m ready for spring to be here! Though, I do still need to paint my hive bodies and make my screened bottom boards and top covers. For some reason, though, I’m having a hard time finding oil-based exterior paints to use on my hive bodies. I’ve checked at Lowes (always check their “Oops” paint shelf) […] (Update 2/15/2013 – Over the last year – the number one search term linked to my site has been “swarm trap plans”. Thusly – I’d like to link over to Rob’s set of downloadable plans for hive products. (Sorry – Rob’s site is no longer accessible) Old Link here: http://robo.bushkillfarms.com/beekeeping/downloads/ ) ( and now back […] December 31, 2011. It’s supposed to get up to 70+ degrees here in Richardson, so I’ll spend the beautiful day outside, building swarm traps for this upcoming spring. The design is from Rob over at http://www.BeeMaster.com I’ll tip up a glass in a toast for a bounty of bees this year! Finished building Here’s the final parting shot of the last build for 2011. See ya next year! Now, it’s time to work on my bee hives! My new Beekeeping jackets from HTK Bee Supply arrived last week. They were running a sale on them last month – and I took advantage of the sale, and ordered (2) jackets. Saved MUCHO DINERO. They appear to be of good quality. The only thing I seem to not like, though, is that the zippers […] |
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