Steven's Bees

Today was great bee-weather! The temperature got up to 60 degrees, and the bees were out this morning. Here is a picture of my backyard hive...

The bees are into the winter mode of operation - with the weather being cold (less than around 50 degrees) they don't go out. So they st...

We've had a few weeks of really fall weather now, but today was amazing - a true "Indian Summer" day. The temps were in the hi...

Yesterday evening I started the process of extracting the frames I had. I wanted to spin them out last night, so the honey would strain thro...

My friend Tom keeps reminding me of the last time I updated the blog - it was September 6. So it's been a little over a month. I had a...

As we start getting toward fall, it's time to think about feeding the bees for the winter. You need to make sure they have enough food s...

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...