G's Bees

Wow this is sad and super interesting…I hope I never have a colony so aggressive that I need these instructions but thought it was worth saving!

Euthanizing of a dangerous hive. Inspection, remove queen, and then ultimately decide to euthanize the colony. Shows the process undertaken, including the euthanization.The beekeeper is EAS...

We confirmed months ago that our 2023 season colony did not survive the winter. So, we ordered a new "nuc" of bees that should be arriving any day now, early June. However, our gracious landowner hosts noticed a lot of activity going on in the hive! I went out today to see what's up, and discovered they weren't just some robber bees, but a full colony with a laying queen! Score! We have some FREEBEES now, which means I'll have to set up a second hive for our incoming nuc, and we'll be tending to two colonies again this year for the price of one! Here's a video from today: https://youtu.be/OWtUDg_Oigc

I had so much fun teaching the kids at Our Lady of the Lake School about bees last week! Thank you for having me! 🥰🐝

Great video explaining the "Waggle Dance"...how honeybees describe to their sisters where they just found a good source of pollen or nectar!

What's the Waggle Dance? And Why Do Honeybees Do It? Honeybees search high and wide for the best flowers. And when they find them, they go back to the hive and

This is so cool!

As sweet as Winnie-the-Pooh. Knitted glass sculpture with knitting needles, "Hunny".

“Nobody around here had ever seen a lady beekeeper ‘till her. She liked to tell everybody that women made the best beekeepers, ‘cause they have a special ability built into them to love creatures that sting. ‘It came from years of loving children and husbands,’ she’d say.’”

Half way through the next book on my bee related book list…a very good one! My 15 year old had to read it for school too. Also part way through an audio book of “the Music of the Bees” which is also very good, but the library yoinked it back from me and won’t let me renew! Someday I’ll finish that one… Aldo enjoyed “Flight patterns” and “The Honey Bus” if you’re looking for more good reads with bees intertwined!

On vacation in Montana this week! I came across these teeny little frames of honey comb in a gift shop…really cute! Trying to imagine what kind of apparatus they’ve designed to mount these teeny frames inside a super? It’s not just cut comb, it’s filled in there by the bees! 🥰 Phil Brandt