I cleaned the two hives I bought from my friend in Sebastopol. And just today I heard of a swarm on the SFBA list… but I wasn’t quick enough. Now I need to torch the frames and box to kill anything on there and make sure my bottom board is alright. I don’t actually have […]

Today’s juicy find on da Net delivered via google news alert came from a little story in the Meadville Tribune which included a reference to MAAREC, “a regional group focused on addressing the pest […]

Pollination of our -food- supply is threatened, because throughout the past several years, the honey bees have been disappearing from hives, leaving queens, honey and larva behind! Few dead bees remain, mostly abandoned hives: colony collapse.
You’ll find plenty of research and speculation. But solutions are not easy to find.
 
We must take action now, […]

I borrowed my friend’s vegcar to drive up to Santa Rosa, CA last weekend to learn about the CCD situation and meet more local beekeepers at the 2008 Bee Symposium. Quite a nice turnout at the Summerfield Waldorf School, and I learned some great bits about dusting for mites with powdered sugar and using […]