Luke and I have been busy at work preparing more bee equipment for our growing hives. With the successful mating of my small walk away nuc we will be up to 11 hives total, that’s a lot of bees for only our second year. Luke ordered 100 frames that we needed to assemble ourselves. We…

The two walk away Nucs that Luke and I worked so hard on last weekend were demolished by either a bear or a raccoon (I assume raccoon because the larger hives were untouched). I am heart broken looking over the broken boxes and devoured frames of honey, brood and larva. A small huddle of bees…

Luke and I are really loving the role of bee keepers. After a long process of splitting two of Luke’s hives and even catching a wild swarm Luke now has 5 hives at his home. And after this week and a successful breeding I should have 4 hives of my own. My two hives are…