kathy's bees

I'm a long time vegetable gardener and a new beekeeper. I have two hives located in Lincoln MA, a rural area northwest of Boston. I am keeping bees to pollinate my fruit trees, blueberry bushes and vegetables. And because I LOVE honey. Sure hope I can be successful at bee keeping.

Monday, March 21, 2016

pollen in my honey - questions

I used a metal honey strainer the last two times I prepared honey. I found that the honey ends up less clear, more particulates in it. I thi...

bee with early spring pollen

This is one of my bees with the light yellow pollen that I think is willow pollen.

Thursday, March 17, 2016

brood!

It's St Patrick's Day. Another sunny day in the 60's - hard to believe for March. I used an extractor yesterday to remove hone...

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

hive check - "dewinterizing"

At midday today, I opened my second hive, my remaining live hive. The bees were very active, bringing in lots of yellow and orange pollen. I...

Saturday, February 27, 2016

more honey

Yesterday I bottled 10 pints, 15 lbs, of honey for us to eat. It's spicy and sweet, medium amber. Really good. I think better than m...

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

dismantling my dead hive

Greg wrote to me Monday to say he was sorry I lost a hive. He said, "I've been told this is the riskiest part of the winter because...

Friday, February 19, 2016

hive check - one's alive, one's dead

It's been 3 weeks since I checked my hives and moved them. The weak hive is dead. No live bees, though lots of honey. The top box seems ...

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