Sunday, April 25, 2010

Bee-ware!


Ever wonder why someone firmly encased in the dog world would venture out and play with bees? Me too! I have no good reason other then the bear inside me demands it.
Honey is yummy!

Here Katie and Bill suit up - I'm taking the photos and Darcy is taking the video of us.
Pulling our first hive apart - thank heavens for Bill, what a nice guy!
You can see everything here from pollen (the yellow/orange), the brood (where the bees are), and the white, which is honey!
It's like "Where's Waldo?" Can you find the Queen?
(hint: lower middle/left)
Here is Katie's first hive - they were unimpressed that their house is being disturbed.
Bill just installed 2 Queen cones (they are the upside down pylon looking things)
Bill says that on of the hives staying at our house can be split in about a week or two!
Happy Bees make HONEY! I'm so happy.

2 comments:

E said...

Oh gee, that is a lot of bees, but I bet your honey will be great! :) Hope you're doing well.

Unknown said...

Where am I...what is this page?...anyway..Michele? I think your AWSOME! What a brilliant eco friendly idea...good on ya!



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