Blogs
Ladies Load the Ladies!
Last week some of the bees got pulled from several yards. Here are Andria and Wynne proud of load...
Warm Syrup and Happier Bees!
We finished the latest round on the bee circuit last Friday. That did involve getting the truck s...
Hungry Hungry Bees!!! Bobcat to the Rescue!!!
We are in another week-long stretch of excessive cool precipitation. A few days ago it was decent...
Harvest Concludes and the Syrup Pump Lives!
The syrup pump from the previous post has rejoined the mission to save the bees. After several j...
Hot Chocolate and A Good Day 2 DIPA
The other day I dropped into the well-loved brewpub in Solon, Big Grove Brewery, and saw that our...
The Wheelbarrow Bees--Silly Swarm!
As the bees move into the brood boxes for the rest of the year following harvest, there are alway...
Save the Bees 2018!
September 1st! It was a very productive week. Most of the honey is off the hives, and most of the...
A Honey House Surprise!
We continue to truck along with the 2018 honey harvest. The barrels are filling as the pressure ...
Iowa State Fair 2018!
We made another voyage to Des Moines for the famed Iowa State Fair a few days ago. The Iowa Honey...
Power-up Bee Season!
Off we go into the depths of harvest season! Now we're getting a bit of rhythm and fatigue all mi...
Honey House Bounty & Antics!
A Lovely Frame for the Cowen Uncapper!
We have some wonderful frames like this one that make ...
Harvest Begins! Honey Season 2018!
We squeezed in the first load of honey pulling yesterday! There were some very heavy boxes on th...
Here comes harvest!
Andria's Impressive Pallet--Many Industrious Bees in the Air!
Good news, there are quite a...
Very Sweet Heat!
I passed the recent week of rain in a fairly anxious state. The clovers were just starting to yie...
For the Love of Milkweed and Sharks!
Milkweed entertained me when I was several years old, in the usual toddleresque and destructive m...
Chilly Flashbacks 2018
The newly distributed bees in the last post reminded of some of our earlier adventures that did n...
Go bees go! June 2018
The bees are moved out and boxed up. There were several locations that caught a good flow off of...
Beautiful Bee Pics! Spring 2018
Looking back at my pics from spring 2018, I see a few that caught my attention when I was out in ...
The Triumphant Return: Bee Land 2018
Hello from Bee Team Mount Vernon!
Mount Vernon Hive Inspections--Happiness In Tow!
Well her...
Spring Projects 2016
Putting up some photos of the refurbished Woodman in a recent post has inspired me to share a few...