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Posted in Art on Jul 3rd, 2010
Plus Equals And Plus Plus Equals And Plus Equals There’s only one small problem here—I hate those colors. So I repainted with the colors I like. And now here is our newest 8-frame, medium-depth hive.
Posted in Winter on Jan 22nd, 2010
Don’t bug me. I’m down in the basement constructing and nailing and painting new hive boxes, new top feeders, and new screened bottom boards. There’s a possibility that temperatures will be above 50 degrees on Sunday, and if that happens, I’ve got to open the hive boxes and get those girls some food. Which means [...]
Posted in Winter on Jan 21st, 2010
Don’t think the idea of some dead bees can stop me. Yesterday, I called Walter Kelley and ordered the supplies I need to complete my third hive. (I like the people on the phone at Walter Kelley’s; I always pepper them with a million questions, which they humor me to answer in that unhurried Kentucky [...]
Posted in Hive Management on Dec 31st, 2009
I mean, if you already have two hives, what’s the big deal about adding a third, right? That’s what I’m thinking. I’ve been watching some YouTube videos about beekeeping (to which I will probably contribute once I know something), and some of those people have piles of hives in small spaces. There’s one guy in [...]
Posted in Hive Management on Dec 29th, 2009
See those black cardboard boxes on yesterday’s post? The ones I used to cover the hives? Not only do those boxes add a layer of insulation, but the blackness absorbs the little sunlight we have here in the Ohio River Valley…and that keeps the bees warmer. My hope is that the warmer they are, the [...]