The truckloads of bees have been rolling back into Iowa. Last December, Andrew cried when he th...

Three frosts hit the almond growers this week. Hard freezes aren't all that common in almond la...

We just finished checking the bees during almond bloom 2022. Normally we make this round just p...

We spent a record amount of time with the bees in California in 2021. I think it was worth it. ...

This has proven quite a year thus far. Looking back on March 2020 and our uncertainty about get...

A few days ago we started our California bee rounds among the almond trees. We are in two diffe...

Our last truckload of bees indeed made it to California safely. I was most worried about the sn...

Yesterday we sent out the last truckload of hives for this year. They embarked on their trip to...

We got our first truckload of bees on the road last week. We are getting better at handling the...

The bee roundup has involved forging through early snow. The forecast proved extremely accurate...

Last night we had one of the prettiest sunsets of the year. The Iowa skies have proven exceptio...

The past couple of weeks have not lacked for excitement. Package bee supplies are short in nort...

For the last couple of weeks, the snow just keeps hitting the Midwest! We haven't had this much ...

An image from along the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids, IA. January 2019

We are making the leap into the world of migratory beekeeping this winter.  On Wednesday we load...

We finished the latest round on the bee circuit last Friday. That did involve getting the truck s...

The other day I dropped into the well-loved brewpub in Solon, Big Grove Brewery, and saw that our...

The newly distributed bees in the last post reminded of some of our earlier adventures that did n...

Spring is just around the corner! That is easy to say for me since the temperatures are climbing ...

I was thinking back to the meeting in San Diego and the moments that caused some type of reaction...