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Exposed Honeybee Nest Update

We just had an almighty deluge come down like it was going to wash us all off the face of the planet. Aside from some flooding in the basement and porch, a wet husband and some wet chickens, all is well down here. Not so for the bees in the exposed nest up high in […]

Posted bykaatJuly 28, 2014Posted inbeesLeave a comment on Exposed Honeybee Nest Update

Bee Excited: Exposed HoneyBee Nest

My strong hive, H6, swarmed, possibly for a second time, on 7/14. Here’s one of of my friend Doug’s pictures of the swarm: They hung out on a tree about 60 feet up, still on our property, for days. Then I thought they were gone, and I stopped checking on them. My neighbor, however, has […]

Posted bykaatJuly 24, 2014July 24, 2014Posted inbeesLeave a comment on Bee Excited: Exposed HoneyBee Nest

This is What I Did Yesterday

We got started on rebuilding the earth oven – we demolished the first try a month ago. Again we had friends helping and there was lots of talking while having fun. All limbs were put to work on mixing the clay with the earth.

Posted bykaatJuly 14, 2014July 14, 2014Posted inEarth Oven1 Comment on This is What I Did Yesterday

Pictures of Honey Extracting with Friends

One of the friends coming to help with the honey extraction yesterday shot some great pictures. Here they are, for your viewing pleasure! Thank you, Doug!! He really captured my kitchen in this one: And lastly, he is the only photographer who managed to penetrate the leaf cover and take a shot of the swarm […]

Posted bykaatJuly 13, 2014Posted inbees1 Comment on Pictures of Honey Extracting with Friends

First Honey Harvest

It’s been a roller coaster with my two hives. Good thing I expect that now! They are both first-year packages, installed end of April. One has been so-so, with a queen laying very little in a spotty pattern, then nothing at all. When I couldn’t find her, I put in a frame of eggs from […]

Posted bykaatJuly 13, 2014July 13, 2014Posted inbees1 Comment on First Honey Harvest

First Harvests

This is one of my favorite times of the year: the first harvests are coming in. For greens, we are eating kale, lettuce, chard and good king Henry, New Zealand spinach, mache, minutina, and celery. All the herbs – parsley, rosemary, sage, etc. are ready. The malabar spinach is almost ready and it’s a lovely […]

Posted bykaatJuly 11, 2014July 11, 2014Posted inbees, chickens, ferment, food (growing, cooking, preserving), gardenLeave a comment on First Harvests

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