Bee Season 2015 - Preview!

Some sad news from the apiary - the two hives we helped to get ready in the fall did not make it through the winter. While we don't know exactly what happened, the reason is probably complex. It's not rare for hives to fail during the winter - several other local beekeepers also lost hives this past winter.

In order to help maintain the apiary two new colonies arrived today. 30,000 new bees! They will be installed in their new home soon. For the moment they are in the container from the supplier. It's a 3lb box of bees with about 15,000 total workers and one queen. The queen is in a small wooden cage inside the larger box. This allows us to place her directly into the hive. The workers will follow her and stick around to do their work. Happy pollinating!!