Burning Bush Farm

05/12/2026

When you have a meeting in the afternoon, and have to catch a swarm in the evening!

Luckily the family spotted this small swarm and I was able to grab it when I got home !

05/08/2026

Leveled up as a beekeeper today! Swarm capture with no protective gear, barehanded scoops, and no stings!

05/08/2026

More bee craziness!!! Videos to follow!

05/08/2026

05/04/2026

Well, they're gone. The honey bee swarm was hanging in this tree for 6 days, through rain and near-freezing temps. With today's warmth, I was expecting them to move today. I had set up 2 traps to attempt to lure them into a new hive, but they did not move in to either one. There are now approximately 40,000 bees making a home somewhere, probably in a hollow tree or maybe an old shed or barn.

04/30/2026

What should we make! We are a house divided.

Contenders include: dandelion honey, dandelion jelly, dandelion cake, and fried dandelions. With a yard like ours and plenty left for the bees (even then ones who are threatening to find a new home 👿) we might just try them all!

What is your favorite thing to make with foraged plants? And please feel free to share recipes! 🌼 🌱

04/29/2026

They are still up there 👀 Anyone have a cherry picker they want to lend out?We have honey, maple syrup, bread, and eggs to trade!😂

04/29/2026

UPDATE: I got a bucket up the tree, with a frame of honeycomb in it, hopefully can attract the bees into it, then lower the bucket down and move them into a new hive.

I also set up an empty hive nearby. With luck, they'll move into it, or the bucket and we won't lose them.

04/29/2026

😩One of our Honey Bee colonies is swarming. This is natural, but ideally, you'd want to split your colony in half, to keep them from swarming. I was planning to do this in a week or so, when the cold snap passed, but it seems the bees were ready to move out now.

When bees swarm, they take the queen, and at least half of the colony to find a new home. This is their instinct to reproduce. They gather in these big clumps, waiting for scout bees to find and communicate a new home to move into.

Stay tuned as I attempt to catch them to hopefully avoid losing them.

04/23/2026

Ever wonder why we watermark our farm photos? It’s probably not for the reason you think...

We watermark because of SCAMMERS. Fake farm pages regularly steal photos (and sometimes captions) from real breeders and farms, then use them to look legitimate. They join chicken groups, advertise lots of “rare breeds,” hatching eggs, or chicks at great prices, and ask for a small deposit, usually through Friends & Family Venmo/PayPal etc. which is non-refundable.

When pickup day comes, the address is fake, the farm doesn’t exist, and the buyer is blocked. It’s a simple scam, but unfortunately a common one that many people new to these groups fall for.

Adding a watermark won’t stop every thief (especially now with AI everywhere) but it adds one more obstacle and helps show where the original photo came from. Even a small farm name placed where it can’t be easily cropped out can help protect your content.

If you’re buying from a page, do your homework:
• Read ALL reviews (check for mad faces on pictures with comments turned off!)
• Search the farm name in groups, like Good Egg Bad Egg
• Check page age and the name/posting history
• Reverse image search photos
• Be cautious of pages offering too many breeds at once, look at the background of the different breeds to see if they even look remotely similar and like the area they claim to be in
• Be wary of brand-new pages with hundreds of followers overnight, even with lots of comments (that are likely bots or other scammers with stolen Facebooks)
• Avoid sending deposits you can’t recover or you can't hand off in person if you absolutely must put down a deposit

And remember: if the deal seems too good to be true, it usually is.

What other red flags for you when it comes to FB pages?

Share them below so we can hopefully save some people from getting scammed! Screenshots welcome!