Friday, April 30, 2010

the queen lives

Called the neighbor and he said to check in the hive and see if the queen was alive. He thought maybe the hive wasn't getting enough food, or else one hive was just calmer than the other. We'll they are eating, so I opened the hive last night and looked for the queen, she is there and alive, I was so excited to spot her than I put her right back into the hive, didn't look to see if she is laying eggs, that will have to be next time I open the hive. So it seems that one hive is nicer than the other.

There was ice on the mud puddles this morning, it's suppose to get up to 50 so that will be nice with a little rain. I raked last night, walked the dogs, had a fire in the fire pit to burn the sawdust and bits of wood from cutting wood this winter, usually I can't get a fire going very well, but last night I couldn't get the fire to go out, stayed up past midnight to make sure all was well.

5 comments:

  1. Long live the queen! When are you going to bee getting honey from the hive? (Note the play on bee/be )

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  2. Yeah, for the QUEEN!

    I've never quite figured out why you guys decided to raise bees? The challenge? Want honey or what?

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  3. hopfully I will bee getting honey, I'd just bee happy to keep the bees alive. Bee's are an easy farm animal to keep, they clean up after themselves and go get food for themselves that we steal from them.

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  4. That makes a sense i guess. I never considered them to bee a farm animal, but they are a big part of any farm if you are growing crops or a garden, right?

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  5. right if one has a garden or fruit trees bee's are a big part of making that all better. the bees we get up here come from the almond orchards in CA.

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