The Bee-log
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Getting Rid of Mites
What's new on the farm: Happy October, everyone! It's been a month since I wrote our last newsletter. A lot has happened in that time; we're only just keeping up! We've had our first frost, and winter preparation has been...
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Winding down harvest
Scratching wax cappings off a honey frame What's new on the farm: And just like that, it's September. We have done two rounds of harvesting so far and we are starting our third round this week. For each round, we...
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How to keep the honey flow going
The sky full of bees at one of our yards. What's new on the farm: It's been almost two weeks since harvest has been underway. The yields have been promising so far! Some of our yards have hives that have...
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The honey flow has begun
Mini hives used for mating our own queens What's new on the farm: The honey is flowing! To tell the truth, honey is always flowing throughout the season as long as flowers are blooming. Most of the time, that honey...
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Queen bees from across the world
Buckfast queen bees from Italy waiting to be put into hives. What's new on the farm: This weekend, 300 queens from Italy arrived in Saskatoon. Andrew worked all weekend to get the hives split up and ready to receive the...
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The bees are coming back to the prairies
Our crew in BC get hives ready to move back to Saskatchewan. What's new on the farm: It's time! Our chapter on Vancouver Island has closed for the year. The bees are currently on a semi-trailer, traveling across the prairies....
