The bees have been forced inside for most of the last few days by the weather, but it gave them a chance to get settled into the new hive and set up house. Which they did right away, including assigning undertakers to fly the dead ones off and guards to monitor the entrance. It's so …
Adventures in Beekeeping: Installing our 1st Nuc!
The hubs was up bright and early yesterday morning, making the two hour trip with Draco by his side, down to the southern part of the state to pick up his new colony of bees. He was so excited when he got back and his energy rubs off so of course I couldn't help myself. …
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A Risk We’re Happy to Take
After vowing to never, ever go back on the road again, the hubs surprised me by following my lead. He took a local job so he can be home at night and instead of just watching the other mushers on the local cams, we can get serious about training the team for our own mushing …
Adventures in Homesteading: Meet Our Newest Additions
We finally have a batch of babies after trying and failing to hatch out more than a couple of roosters the last two times we attempted this. Well, once we let the mother hen do it and once we tried using our old incubator but both times we ended up with one single, solitary rooster. …
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Kings and Queens
The chickens were out while we were oiling and setting up the hives yesterday, strutting around in their pasture and enjoying all the spring foraging... The roosters are especially feeling their oats... We haven't found the right spot yet for the pollinator box but our new Flow hive has its own platform. Now we're playing …