Steven's Bees

A couple Saturdays ago we had the WCBA bee club meeting for August. Like all summer meetings, it was an outdoor meeting at the home of a me...

Had a chance to inspect both sets of hives on Friday. I didn't take the camera to Sutton, so no pictures from those hives. Sutton Hive...

My wife is sick with a cold, so plans for today for her are canceled. We stayed home and I took the opportunity to inspect the home hives. I...

Today I did my first honey extraction. Here is the extractor set up on my kitchen table: The extractor is a manual crank (ugh!) which ho...

Saturday I made a trip to the Sutton hives - it had been a couple of weeks since the last check. At last check Sutton Hive 1 was working on ...

Tonight I decided to put the Brown nuc into a new home. I had to scoot the brown and green hives over a little to make room for the new Pink...

My brown nuc is ready to be hived: (I just love this nuc - especially the way the bees just hang out on the outside!) Here's a vide...

Worcester County has a Bee Inspector , and each year he makes the round to all of the hives for the annual inspection. Last year he showe...

I took some time this late afternoon to visit the Sutton hives. I believe that if I am going to get any honey, it'll be from one of the ...