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...
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 ...
California Round 2 - 2021
The almond bloom is well underway here in northern California. Some orchards are in full bloom,...
California Round 1 - 2021
We are winding up our survey of the Ebert bees out in northern California. The image above show...
December Bee Trucks Away - 2020
It is only our third year of loading bee trucks. Somehow it feels much longer. Participating i...
Beekeeping in the Spring of Coronavirus - 2020
One of the virus-related disruptions of 2020 is that I no longer sit at a coffee shop on Sunday ...
The Ideal Bloom? Almonds 2020
Almond bloom is exploding into a beautiful scene for bees and beekeepers. When we pulled into t...
Almond Blossoms! California 2020
Almond pollination is officially underway in the orchards where our bees are located. In the im...
January Beekeeping in California, 2020
A few days ago we started our California bee rounds among the almond trees. We are in two diffe...
AHPA 2020: Ebert Honey Sacramento
The American Honey Producers Association is holding its annual convention in Sacramento. Founde...
Last Load Out! 2019
Yesterday we sent out the last truckload of hives for this year. They embarked on their trip to...
One More Load of Bees 2019
Andrew came out to weave in and out among the hives while we got them stacked for the last truck...
Pella Bees Away!
The central Iowa bees were all gathered at our Pella location and loaded for California last wee...
Bees on the Road 2019
We got our first truckload of bees on the road last week. We are getting better at handling the...
The Mite Fright (and Fight).
The image above is the last yard we harvested in 2019, and we always give a mite treatment on th...
Spring 2019!!! The Bees are Coming Back!
The past couple of weeks have not lacked for excitement. Package bee supplies are short in nort...
Adios California!!!
It felt fitting to snap a farewell shot of the driveway into the almond orchard where I've been ...
