Hive Management: Feeding The Bees in Fall
The ability of bees to obtain and store food is a function of weather, resource availability, and colony size. The question is, if feral colonies can store enough food without a beekeeper ever feeding them, why do beekeepers feed bees? Well, part of the answer is...
October Garden Update
The autumn months in the garden are almost as busy as early spring. Although the mornings are cool, the afternoons are often quite warm at this time of year, and with the approaching rainy season, this is a perfect time to be planting in the garden. Ideally, most...
Tomato Harvest 2011
Of everything grown in the kitchen garden throughout the year, no harvest is more anticipated than that of our heirloom tomatoes. Each year, even when schedules and daily life are too hectic to plant anything else, we make time to plant tomatoes. A summer without...
The Collapse of the Chamomile Hive
It’s a little early for a Hallowe’en tale, but yesterday we made a rather grisly discovery in the apiary. After only 5 months, the Chamomile colony, despite our efforts to help, is completely dead. If we weren’t paying attention to our hives, we...
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