Hooves Hives and Hens

08/18/2019

Trying to remove a colony of honeybees from a house wall without opening wall. Challenging. Made an outlet only screen. Their tiny little brains keep figuring out how to get back in.

05/14/2019

Longest hop shoot stretches to the mark on the twine. We will check back in a few days to see how much it grows.

04/20/2019

Generally, the larger the pollen loads on the legs the healthier the bees. As in, it takes a strong healthy bee to carry more weight. Unfortunately, only S2 survived the brutally cold winter..

04/20/2019

Beautiful loads of pollen coming in this morning.

04/06/2019

While trying to get a picture of the crazy amount of worms in the backyard tonight, Iwas reminded of an old joke. What is the white stuff on top of chicken crap? More chicken crap! On a more serious note, it is awesome to have that many worms. More Bill's opinion than Judi's.

03/02/2019

Based on this read, we will be roughing up the inside box wall surfaces before returning them to use.

03/02/2019

Very interesting for beekeepers.

January 30, 2019 CATCH THE BUZZ – Varroa Mites Feed on the Fat Bodies of Honey Bees, Not the Hemolymph. This is Important! By: Dennis O’Brien January 29, 2019 An image showing a cross section of a varroa mite feeding on a honey bee’s abdominal cavity is one of several ARS microscopy images cha...

01/08/2019

Earthworms in the yard on January 7. That is pretty rare! No picture available due to they are faster than me. Thought they might be slow.

01/05/2019

It is not every January 5 that we can watch the honeybee activity at the hive entrance while listening to ducks playing in the water!

01/01/2019

Hooves, Hives and Hens and Whooooos. It cooled off enough that the beehive owl got an icicle on its beak.

12/14/2018

When you wake up in the morning and find frost on your Tuxedo!