Steven's Bees

The weather has been chilly for the past couple of weeks, but Saturday was a surprisingly warm day. It was about 68 degrees, and the rain w...

Last Saturday was a special meeting of the Worcester County Beekeeper Association and the Massachusetts Beekeepers Association . A couple o...

The weather was great today, and heavy rains are planned for the weekend. So I took advantage of the evening light to do a quick check of th...

No, this isn't a picture of my beehives! We had about 1/2" of snow overnight, and by mid-day it had all melted. But it is a sign th...

I've been treating the hives with some medication for a couple of weeks now, specifically to combat the Varroa Mite and Tracheal Mite ....

Yesterday we had very harsh rains. Obviously the bees stayed in. Today was clear and the weather was in the 70's at the high. Around 2 i...

It's been a while since I last inspected the beehives (back on 9/13 to be exact - almost 3 weeks). One of those weekends was taken up b...

Today was the September meeting of the Worcester County Beekeepers Association . The theme of the meeting was Final Fall Preparations. It wa...

Friday and Saturday were dank and rainy - not a lot of chance for the bees to be out (although I did see the bees flying Saturday afternoon ...

I fed the bees tonight. I filled up their sugar syrup feeders (upside down plastic peanut butter jars with small holes in the lid). The feed...