Birds and Bees

As a family who keeps bees I’m often asked about using honey for allergies – mainly, does it work? The simple answer is “it depends.” …

On Monday, Gabriel woke up and said, “Today is the day to check the bee hives.” We’ve had so much rain that there really hasn’t …

The bees are doing so much better this year than they did last year. I’m chalking it up to cooler weather and some rain. Also, …

In case you don’t already know, Gabriel is our resident beekeeper. He’s 16 and is building quite a business for himself. It’s really exciting to …

I am taking part in a posting series related to the topic of “Homesteading in the Winter.” Each Thursday there will be a new post …

One of the things that was on my summer to do list was finish painting the chicken house that we expanded.  We had to expand …

We lost one hive over the winter to carpenter ants and we made plans this spring to order packaged bees to replace it and replace a …

You might remember that a few weeks ago I mentioned that a friend from church brought over some eggs for out incubator.   Well, Friday …

Last night as we were playing a game of Spades, a friend from church called and asked Carl if we wanted some fertile eggs. Really? …

The chicks are getting bigger and it’s time to put them with the big hens. We’ve put them in the run during the day and …