I think the title says it all. I finally caught a bee swarm in my back yard!! Here’s how I did it! And there you have it! I had to go ahead and move the bees into the garden the next morning and set the hive on a picnic table bench until we can …
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As promised, this is the video that Eric shot of the bee swarm. They were much closer to the ground when he started filming, so hopefully you will be able to see the bees much better in this one! Enjoy!
There was excitement on the farm Saturday! Erica was playing on the yard, when she noticed that bees were literally pouring out of the bee tree in our yard that has housed a feral swarm for the past year. Eric and I both made videos as it was happening. Here is mine. I’ll do a …
We are still extreme novices when it comes to beekeeping, so I won’t bother trying to offer bad advice to you just yet, but I know that most people have never actually seen the inside of a hive, so I thought you might enjoy a peek inside our hives. We have two Langstroth hives, and …
Yep, you read that one right. 30,000 (give or take) new hard workers have taken up residence here at Green Eggs & Goats! How is that possible? Well, the workers are tiny, and they pack a punch, but hopefully, they will provide us with the absolute most local honey imaginable! Meet the bees! Hive 1 …
