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.

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

the economics of hobby beekeeping

Remember the book "The $64 tomato"? Well, I did some calculating to figure out how much a jar of honey was costing me to produce...

Monday, December 12, 2016

winterizing my beehives

I'd like to do the best I can to keep my bees alive this winter so I've been reading and asking at my local bee club. As they say, a...

Friday, April 15, 2016

hive boxes flipped

In addition to freeing my stuck queen, I also flipped the boxes on my older hive today. I did a full inspection of the hive. There are sever...

queen stuck in cage

I checked on my newly installed bees this morning. The queen was still in the cage!! There was no sign that the bees were eating the candy p...

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

crazy weather - lost hives

This crazy weather has had bad consequences on many things, including bees. It's halfway into April and our weather is still chilly - ...

Monday, April 11, 2016

new package installed

To prepare my new hive, I set up a deep box with four new frames (the ones with wood edges) in the middle and six drawn frames (the ones ...

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...

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