The Bee-log
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Bees sting...and bite?
A well organized brood frame: honey stores are covered in light wax around the perimeter, brood (baby bees) are covered in dark wax in the middle of the frame. The brood wax is darker because the bees walk over it...
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What if you lose a queen?
Scraping frames of honey before loading them into the extracting machine. What's new on the farm: We are getting through the back half of harvest now as we approach Labor Day weekend. The honey coming in is winding down, and...
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It's time to go home
I'm pretty happy here because this hive is looking good! What's new on the farm: We are approaching the end of May... What that means for us is it's time to bring the bees home to Saskatoon! This week has...
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🐝 Getting bees out of the snow
Andrew getting our hives out of the snow, and stacking them up for the trip out west. What's new on the farm: Happy December! I can't believe I'm saying that and we are just about ready to move the bees...
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The bee move saga continues
Some of your packages waiting to be picked up! What's new on the farm: We were all set to load the semi-trailer this Thursday when I received a call at 9 pm last night. A call at 9 pm for...
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The ongoing trials of running a 100-Year old caramel machine
Our purple Model K caramel wrapper in action What's new on the farm: Happy November! The weather has been cool and biting, which has been great for our bees. They are still sitting in our home yard waiting to go...