The Bee-log

A frame of honey with open cells of honey (on the left) and closed cells (right). The open honey is still being processed by the bees. When it is ready for storage, they will "cap" the honey with a layer...

Andrew and our crew putting empty honey boxes on our hives to collect the incoming honey crop. What's new on the farm: It's mid-July in the prairies and the flow is ON! That means that we're at the time of...

A honeybee pollinating a native wild rose. I was surprised to see many honeybees getting face-deep in these flowers along the bumblebees and other native pollinators. What's new on the farm: Hi everyone! This is a quick mid-week one today...

A caged Buckfast Queen, marked with a green dot on her thorax, and surrounded by attendant worker bees. What's new on the farm: On Friday we received a shipment of 300 queens from Italy. Along with making our own queens,...

A frame of "queen cells" that have larvae that will grow into new queen bees. In the first frame they are covered in the nurse bees that are feeding them royal jelly. The second frame shows that some of the...

Our bee truck arriving back home in Saskatoon on a beautiful spring evening. What's new on the farm: Happy Sunday! For those of us in Canada, it's Victoria Day weekend, which unofficially marks the start of gardening season! Hopefully, with...