The Bee-log

Checking out my reflection in the fountain of youth (a.k.a. a barrel of fresh honey) What's new on the farm: We are full-on in harvest mode at the farm. Every day, half of the crew drives out to the yards...

A frame of honey with open cells of honey (on the left) and closed cells (right). The open honey is still being processed by the bees. When it is ready for storage, they will "cap" the honey with a layer...

A caged Buckfast Queen, marked with a green dot on her thorax, and surrounded by attendant worker bees. What's new on the farm: On Friday we received a shipment of 300 queens from Italy. Along with making our own queens,...

Our bee truck arriving back home in Saskatoon on a beautiful spring evening. What's new on the farm: Happy Sunday! For those of us in Canada, it's Victoria Day weekend, which unofficially marks the start of gardening season! Hopefully, with...

A layer of "burr comb" on top of a brood frame. Burr comb is beeswax comb that the bees build outside of the frames that we provide to them. This happens when there is too much space left between the...

Loading up the truck at night while the bees are back inside their hives. What's new on the farm: The past week has been a transition time for the farm: the bees have started to arrive from Vancouver Island back...