They’ve been in their new homes at Lemoine Point Farm for exactly a week, and boy have they ever moved in! In case you’re not aware, a nucleus hive (or nuc) is the preferred method for selling colonies in Ontario. It’s a box with four, normally deep, frames: 2 or three frames of brood and a frame of nectar or honey. …
The Russians are here!
We visited the bustling metropolis of Moose Creek, ON, this morning to pick up 6 nucs of Russian bees this morning. We’ve heard good things about them and Jurg Zurcher was able to confirm most of them and discounted and important one: yes, they build up quickly; they can be swarmy, but make sure they have space to build and …
So much pollen!
I’m not sure what it is, but the foragers are bringing in tonnes of butter yellow pollen today!
First day of spring pollen in the home yard
What a glorious spring day today. The ladies were out and flying: carrying out the dead, taking cleansing flights and collecting light tan-coloured pollen. Here we go!
Don’t Plant Those “Bee-Friendly” Wildflowers Cheerios Is Giving Away
I can hear you right now: “What? Why not? Cheerios is doing a good thing! What’s wrong with their wildflower seeds?” Well, mostly nothing, but it’s the invasive ones that would be better off staying inside the packet: Forget-me-not is banned as a noxious weed in Massachusetts and Connecticut, for example. The California poppy is nice in California, but listed as …
