The Bee-log

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...

Hives stacked up to be loaded and moved to Vancouver Island. What's new on the farm: Today, in our little corner of the world, I'm looking outside the window where there is a soft layer of snow blanketing the ground...

A layer of "burr comb" on top of a brood frame. Burr comb is beeswax comb that the bees build outside of the frames that we provide to them. This happens when there is too much space left between the...

Loading up the truck at night while the bees are back inside their hives. What's new on the farm: The past week has been a transition time for the farm: the bees have started to arrive from Vancouver Island back...