If there is ever an ‘off season’ part of beekeeping, we’re now entering it. But I haven’t found that there IS an ‘off season’; it’s more like ‘more busy’ and …

I think we deserve a rest!! It has been a season of packages and nucs, splitting and swarming, mite counting and treating, prepping the hives for winter, extracting and bottling, …

Well, the inevitable has happened – the delightful early fall weather has collapsed, and we are experiencing the harbinger of things to come this winter. And winter will be the …

The days are getting shorter, the temperatures a lot cooler, and it’s time to start preparing to overwinter our hives. While the good weather may continue for a good while …

Well, the season is definitely changing! This weekend I happened to drop my hive tool in front of the hives. On bending over to retrieve it, I noticed a significant …

In the last week I’ve noticed a dramatic drop-off in the number of foragers coming back laden with pollen; many are returning with skimpy loads, many with none at all …

This month I’ve included some somber news to start, but then some very optimistic news after that. Hive Survival At our May meeting, Shirley Richardson reported out on the Hive …

Website Password The password to the members-only side of our website has been changed for this year as it always does after our Annual General Meeting. The new password was …

Spring is here! Or, so I’ve been told… There is some evidence of that. The plum trees are in bloom and some more adventurous flowers are joining them, but overall the …