The Queen’s Hamlet

07/09/2022

taught us to make pasta and made us an incredible farm to fork dinner with everything for their garden. Ah-mazing!! 🤤

06/12/2022

We have quite the onion bounty! And this is only about 1/3. Onion soup for dinner coming up!

06/11/2022

Hanging with my girls!

05/18/2022

Mother and Daughter Silkies.

05/14/2022

Today was a very interesting day for beekeeping. As I may have mentioned in a previous post, I have a hive that had to be moved off of my property because it became aggressive. The plan was to find the queen today and kill her. Then tomorrow I was going to install a new queen to replace her. Well, when we opened up the hive, there was no queen. It looks like she died on her own. I have no idea what happened to her but she is gone. The problem is that since the hive became queenless, one of the other bees decided that she would try to take over the responsibility of being the queen. I mean, someone had to step up so you can’t blame her for trying to help. But the problem with the laying worker bees is that they can only lay drones (males). So you would think that my problem solved itself but it’s actually a much bigger problem now because if you install a queen with a laying worker, the laying worker is going to kill the new queen because she has appointed herself as the new queen even though she really isn’t. It’s impossible to find the laying worker so instead we had to install some new open brood from another hive which releases a pheromone that for some reason causes the bees to think that there’s a real queen in there that’s laying eggs. So we basically just tricked the bees so that the laying worker will stop and in two weeks I will come back and try to sneak in a new queen. It may or may not work but if we don’t put new brood in there, the entire hive will eventually die because only boys will be born and they are useless. So…. truth is that the world of beekeeping is complex but fascinating.

05/08/2022

It’s a perfect day for pulling the onions and planting melons and squash!!

05/07/2022

Today is a great day for beekeeping. I had to add another story so this hive is now officially taller than me. Going to need a ladder! 🐝 🪜

05/07/2022

This beautiful red cabbage made an amazing slaw for my fish tacos! Yum!!

05/07/2022

It’s tomato season! But that also means that it is squirrel season. 😞 🍅

04/23/2022

Today is a perfect day for some hardcore gardening. We are pulling some of our onions, cabbages and broccoli to make space for peppers!! Look at this gigantic Verona cabbage! 🤩

04/08/2022

04/02/2022

My girls like hanging out their Aunt Maru and Uncle Kristofer’s house. They have the best pollen over there. The bees pay them back with lots of tasty honey!

03/31/2022

Spring has sprung and it brought us a new baby chick! It’s a tiny little silkie baby!! Hoping it’s a girl so it can stay!!

03/20/2022

Crazy hive visit today. I have a really pi**ed off queen in hive two. We are going to need to requeen. But hive one is very happy and their honey is delicious!!

02/20/2022

Frida Eggo says Happy Sunday!

12/05/2021

Mimosas and Hens. A perfect combination.

11/25/2021

Happy Thanksgiving from Hennifer Lopez. She says that she is grateful that she is not a turkey today. 🦃

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

10/28/2021

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.

Now it's easier to send The Queen’s Hamlet a message.