SapBee Farm

10/10/2026

Hi friend and fellow bee lovers. This is the leaning hive I found while making my rounds today. No it was not a bear or any critter or human for that fact .. it was the rain and sun .
I had it sitting on a good pallet . Then a really cheap light one . The board warped and the hive slipped. Destroying the bottom board in the process. A little smoke , broke hive in to three section. And the bees behaved perfect.
Rebuilt with a new bottom board and new pallet. Look great .. Sorry I did not get a finished picture.

09/27/2026

Last night I went around and checked my out yard. Making sure all the hives had straps around them. We don't need covers blowing off. And the bees exposed to the rain. I started my day around 6 am out in my home yard strapping down hives. Leveled up one was leaning bad. I ending up feeding my upper home yard. If I get a break in the weather Sunday I will try to feed some more. But it is calling for rain. All day.

09/13/2026

Hi friends and fellow beekeepers ! This is the end of my 2026 season I had a hand full of supers I left on. To let brood hatch out. Of to allow them to cap it.
Overall I took a lot of supers off with no honey. And put them away. The supers I did get looked great.
Last year I waxed frames as I extracted. And add 4 fresh frames to each box. Before I put them away. This year that will be a spring project .. wax a pile of frames. Clean and sort boxes. I have some frames I want to use to make medium nucs with.
Last year I stared replacing frames and cycling out older ones . Using them for swarm traps and re-waxing so the bees will clean them up like new. I am looking at 17 -60 lb pails Not a great year far from the worst.
Now to sell it. Before next year's harvest.

09/08/2026

Hi friends and fellow beekeepers. If is the best time of year . My dog Lukey was laying out in the yard . The bees are bringing in fall pollen from the goldenrod and other sources.
We went through 275 gallons of bee feed syrup over the long weekend . And ordered another tote. I know that sounds. Like a bad trade off. We removed honey weeks ago. And they went through there resources. So we feed.
We can not count on nectar sources to fill the hives. So some people mix sugar and water.
1-1 or 2-1. And that is good for the bees. However. I feed mine Hillco turbo syrup. A 3-1 mix. I have a higher cash lay out. But less labor. Just open the tap and fill buckets. Bees just need to move it to the comb. Ready for them to overwinter on.
I have a friend who started using the syrup last year. For late feeding. This year he started off with syrup. Stating it just makes cense. We pay a few dollars more per gallon. But time saved is worth it.
After we have winter stores refilled. We may change back to a lighter syrup till the weather dictates we stop feeding liquid.
Keeping them fed and healthy is the best way to get them through winter.

08/23/2026

So this don't look good .. I believe they are robbing out my nuc's and resource hives. I have closed them up the best I could. Tape, screens grass. Anything I could find. I put out 20 gallons of feed for them. Hoping they will go for the easy feed. Leave my nuc's alone.
If they kill my nucs and resource hives. We are looking at a loss of 13 nucs and maybe 6 or 8 resource hives . Hope tomorrow will be better. But I doubt it ...

08/23/2026

Hi friends and fellow beekeepers. Yesterday was a farmers market. It was the first one of three for this year ,for Sarah. Hosted at her business. The barn at Crawley Falls, Brentwood NH. It was a great show. I was so happy to support her plans. And of course sell some honey. We also meet some really nice vendors.

08/18/2026

Hi friends. These are the people that made today's farmers market. I am told next month there will be more vendors. The people stopping by have been fantastic.
A special shout out to bank and the library. For putting on this event.

08/18/2026

Hi friend. I am at a farmers market today. 2-6. In Kingston NH. Carriage town plaza. Stop by and try a sample.

08/17/2026

07/26/2026

First spin of 2026. With new to me Maxant 20 frame A small step up from my 6/9 frame Maxant. They are both cleaned and ready. I was just thinking I should be running both.
Maybe later. Right now this is fun.