by M. J. | Aug 8, 2018 | Bee Tracks
They call it the “lazy days of summer,” but the truth is it’s just too darn hot! In Tennessee things begin to slow down in August — I mean REALLY …. s-l-o-w …. d-o-w-n. While I love living in the south, July and August (and...
by M. J. | May 31, 2018 | Bee Tracks
It’s the end of May and already folks are asking, “Do you have any honey?” “Sorry, not yet.” Working with bees is a lesson in patience. We can’t simply go out to the hive and turn on the honey faucet any time we feel like it. Plus,...
by M. J. | May 17, 2018 | Bee Tracks
Bees arrived from Georgia this week. Our bee association coordinated a bulk order of honey harvesters for new and expanding beekeepers and those little buzzers made it to Tennessee in neatly stacked boxes in the back of a van. These bees hummed their tunes across...
by M. J. | Apr 22, 2018 | Bee Tracks
“Take a brake!” (No, it’s not misspelled.) It’s a line from the Christmas movie, Polar Express. Remember? The Hobo Ghost riding the train taps the brake with his mug as he shouts to the Hero Boy, “Take a brake!” The Hero Boy and his friends are...
by M. J. | Mar 9, 2018 | Bee Tracks, Uncategorized
We had to go back. The job wasn’t done. In spite of our painful experience with our “unfriendly hive,” we had yet to look inside the hive to see whether or not the queen was laying eggs. Neither Suki nor I was looking forward to coming face to...
by M. J. | Mar 3, 2018 | Bee Tracks, Events
Have you ever given advice to someone and then found yourself not taking that same advice? Well, I’m guilty. This week Suki and I planned a quick check of our hives during the warm weather. We were anxious to take a peek at the girls and see if there was any...
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