It was a beautiful day to get out and feed the bees some pollen after a long winter. Very pleased with the strength of the colonies and an incredibly low loss rate so far! I thought this hive was dead, until I popped open the lid. I didn’t have my suit on and quickly closed…

Had a brief window of time this morning to check on the bees.  I had to race the rain, but the girls needed a bit of pollen patties to jump start the laying of eggs and I wanted to make sure they had plenty of food.  I can say that I was pleasantly surprised at…

It all started at a little church. A church with bees in the back wall, about 15 foot up. And they had a choice, be removed or face the poison chamber. So I said I would cut them out of the wall and attempt to give them a new home that they would be happy…

Yesterday I got a call from an old friend telling me that he had a swarm of bees.  I thought, yea right.  Honey bees swarming in September.  That just doesn’t happen.  Then he told me they were on the ground.  So I told him those are hornets, no way it would be honey bees.  His…