Blogs
Fall Flowers are Here -- September 2022
The fall bloom is setting up pretty much as I expected in eastern Iowa. We had recurrent rain t...
Old Threshers Reunion -- September 2022
We are moving into the last two days of the annual Midwest Old Threshers Reunion! Our Sammy is ...
Honey Harvest! -- August 2022
The honey harvest is filling up our barrels, and we are happy to report that 2022 went better th...
Chilly Spring Beekeeping -- April 2022
The truckloads of bees have been rolling back into Iowa. Last December, Andrew cried when he th...
California Round 3 -- March 2022
We once again split the almond pollination hives in California in 2022. The image above shows t...
Frost in the Almonds -- February 2022
Three frosts hit the almond growers this week. Hard freezes aren't all that common in almond la...
California Round 2 -- February 2022
We just finished checking the bees during almond bloom 2022. Normally we make this round just p...
California Round 1 -- January 2022
We returned to California several days ago to start preparing the bees for 2022 almond pollinati...
Bees Away! Bound for California -- Dec. 2021
The Ebert Honey bee migration to California is winding up for 2021. We loaded the last truck a ...