We had just one hive this year, but the bees did pretty well, and we’re up to our ears in honey. Yet I’m pretty sure it’s still not enough. One can never have too much honey. JR pulled the frames containing the honey from the hive and hightailed it to the barn, where we harvested… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Bees
Preparing for the Honey Harvest
On this dreary day, it’s nice to have a reminder of the honey harvest to come. On Sunday, JR placed the bee excluder – the function of which is just as it sounds, it limits the bees’ access to the honey super (the box containing the capped honeycomb, to be less technical) – into our… Continue Reading
This Week in the Garden: Early August
Our garden is, as JR likes to put it, in its late stages. This is a kind way to say that it’s a mess, as you can see above here, a plethora of weeds, oregano going – very undesirably – to seed (I’m fairly certain that if all else fails, I could open an Oreganoeria… Continue Reading
July Book Events and an Update on Bees
Every single book signing and book event I’ve been to has been a blast. I’ve met so many interesting people who want to talk about food (I’ve dreamed of this day for so, so long. People. People who love food and don’t look at me cross-eyed when I start wistfully describing the flavor of a… Continue Reading
Hiving Bees: A Pictorial Essay
A pictorial essay with the occasional quip, of course. Those are the hives disassembled in front of our barn (pre-spring cleaning of the yard by the beekeeper – he works his butt off, that beekeeper does). You remember from Monday’s post what a box of bees looks like pre-hive, of course, but I’ll remind you… Continue Reading