I was reading today’s newspaper and found this: 25 Years Ago Today in RI history: State imports bees to fight mites. The state has banned the importing of most types of honeybees in an effort to… more →
Annie's Beeswrote 1 month ago: I was reading today’s newspaper and found this: 25 Years Ago Today in RI history: State import … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Yesterday was our second snow accumulation since the beginning of the month; just a dusting, but it … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Thanks to Dan battening down the hatches, both hives are intact this morning. I wonder how hard it w … more →
wrote 10 months ago: What the bees are up to this hot July day: Fan away, girls! It was a crazy start to summer but thing … more →
wrote 10 months ago: I came home from work one evening and caught myself thinking, “Wow, when did hornets build tha … more →
wrote 1 year ago: When we bought our house, we also bought and planted four trees to nicen up the joint and nicen up t … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Poor bees. This winter has been all over the place. Last week we had 7 inches of snow, which immedia … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday was the warmest New Year’s Day I can ever remember, and the bees were loving it. Wel … more →
wrote 1 year ago: We’re getting to that point in the year when the bees visibly slow down. There’s little … more →
wrote 1 year ago: It’s not just an Abba song. Honey is beloved stuff! Even by, uh…Cars and trucks. (I won … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Last Friday, I came home from work to find this and this . The local meteorologists had been reporti … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Thanks to our pal Erika, who uncovered some handy extraction tools her former-beekeeping parents wer … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Sweating in a bee suit in hot weather…Lugging around 80-pound deeps…The occasional painf … more →
wrote 1 year ago: It’s funny to look back over some recent photos and know exactly what the weather and environm … more →
wrote 1 year ago: A few weeks ago, thanks to two incredibly generous people who offered us a week at their timeshare, … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Now that we have two hives, it’ll take twice as long to inspect…But there’s also t … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Call us gluttons for punishment, but Dan and I decided on a second (and final) hive this year, so th … more →
wrote 2 years ago: At just shy of 60 degrees and sunny, it was just warm enough to inspect the bees this weekend. They … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Ideally, honey bees eat pollen for protein and honey for carbohydrate. They’re terrific at gat … more →