Beekeeping . . . Emile Warre' Style

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Will and I began our week by harvesting honey, This was actually the first honey ever taken from our Warre' bee hive!

Busy Bees and Springtime Flowers . . . The Ultimate Eye Candy!

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As others are finally experiencing spring weather, in all it's glory, we are entering 5 months of some serious desert heat! This is a small photographic recap of the beauty we have enjoyed these past couple of months . . . I hope you enjoy it!

Magical Moments!

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On the back of our 3 acres we have quite a forest of desert broom that is just coming into bloom.

Radish . . . any one?

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Even before the Pollinators, a.k.a. the Ladies, arrived 3 weeks ago I've been allowing broccoli, green onion, mustard, dill, bok choy, parsley, Swiss chard, and last but certainly not least, 1 radish plant go through their complete growing cycle giving honey bees extra flowers to gather nectar and pollen. They pollinate the veggie's flowers so I can gather seeds for the next planting season.

A Quick Peek Inside the Hive

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The Ladies have been with us a little less than 3 weeks. We've been supplementing them with organic cane syrup until they become more established, i.e. new bees are born providing more foragers and a stronger, sustainable hive. We should begin to see the "newbees" taking their first orientation flight in the next week or two. In preparation for the expected growth, we added a new box to their hive and took a quick peek to see how they are doing.