Steven's Bees

I was reminded by a co-worker that I have been a little lax in updating my blog. Part of that is due to the fact that I have been busy on th...

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 ...