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...
California Round 2 -- February 2022
We just finished checking the bees during almond bloom 2022. Normally we make this round just p...
Autumn Bees - Oct. 2021
Early October beekeeping hasn't felt too much different from September beekeeping this year. Th...
Old Threshers Reunion and Fall Bees - 2021
Here is Andrew riding high on a 1935 Model B John Deere at the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion tha...
A Slow Honey Summer 2021
Here we are sitting at the first Cedar Rapids Farmers Market back in June. I didn't really plan...
Honey Flow Prospects 2021
We are pushing surplus boxes out of the building as fast as we can manage in hopes of catching t...
California Round 3 - 2021
We spent a record amount of time with the bees in California in 2021. I think it was worth it. ...
2020. Is there more to say?
This has proven quite a year thus far. Looking back on March 2020 and our uncertainty about get...
Fall Feeding 2019
Fall feeding requirements have been inconsistent from yard to yard. We have a good number of hi...
A Froggy Friend and the Harvest Finale Nears. . . .
We had another "first" during the honey harvest this year! We encountered several tree frogs han...
Harvest Away! 2019
The main honey harvest month is upon us. Until several years ago, we waited until later in Augu...