I’m excited to introduce you to my newest queen bee and her colony today. It is always compelling to install a new queen and her hive. This is precisely what I did just over a week ago at the Greensboro Science Center. I picked up a NUC – a nucleus of bees with a queen, […]
Spring is definitely here even though last night our temps dropped into the 30’s once again. I began checking on my bees on a warm day in February – a rare warm day. It was warm enough to open the hives and investigate. I didn’t want to keep the hive open for long, so made […]
Now that cooler temps have finally decided to stick around the bees needed one last check up. In an attempt to find thriving hives come March when the temperatures begin to warm again I’m doing my best to ensure the girls are set for winter. Inspection day saw the sun out good and strong with […]
If you’ve been following my beekeeping adventure posts you know that once again the bees at the Greensboro Science Center where I am volunteer beekeeper, disappeared. I am not capable of expressing how much this situation saddens me. What I can express is the passion I have for these sweet, valuable little creatures by starting […]
I had quite a surprise when I went out to disassemble my bee hives at the Greensboro Science Center last week. After discovering that the hives were gone I decided to take apart the hive components and start with new ones this spring. When I’d checked and found that the bees were gone I had […]
Bee keeping ain’t nothin’ but problem solving. Boy ain’t that the truth?!? I’ve lost my bee hives at the GSC again. To say I am baffled, puzzled, perplexed and disconcerted might be an understatement. Sad too! Look at them! They seemed perfectly fine when I closed up the hives in late October, knowing winter was […]
Fall is here and winter around the corner. It’s that time of year when I must be certain my bees are ready for old man winter. Earlier this year when I went to observe and check on the hives I discovered all 3 hives at the Greensboro Science Center were no more, I was traumatized. […]
The Greensboro Science Center has new bees! I have been holding off telling the story about how the hives were invaded by the nasty varroa mite and met their demise, until now. I made the discovery in February and it was one sad day for me and still disturbs me. On a happier note – I […]
OIL & HONEY EDITION While working with the bee hives at the science center I meet many school kids, parents, grandparents and teachers. Often times I hear comments such as, “OH, look a beekeeper!”, or “look there’s bees, they make honey” or “NO, don’t go over there, they’ll sting you!”. The latter phrase is often shouted […]
A few weeks ago I shared a post telling about the mysteries going on in the hive I call Queen Charlotte at the Greensboro Science Center. The hive was weak, few bees, no brood, and no sign of a queen bee. If you read the previous post you’ll recall there were multiple queen cells and before […]
