#backyardbeekeeping

The apiary grew! Connecticut is here! My first split! Now to see if they are successful rearing a queen. Meanwhile, Gillian and some of her pals ‘swarmed’ Georgia to a new box. 🐝🐝 #backyardbeekeeping #georgia #connecticut #colonysplit (at Jubile Gardens) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrmTYJlP2-E/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Bees Finishing off Honey. In order to produce 1 pound of honey, 2 million flowers must be visited. A hive of bees must fly 55,000 miles to produce a pound of honey. One bee colony can produce 60 to 100 pounds of Honey. #bees #savethebees #pollination #honeybees #beesofinstagram #beelover #backyardbeekeeping #bees🐝 #beelife #beehive #savethebees🐝 #wasps #bumblebees #bee #honey #nature #beekeeping #beekeeper #honeybee #flowers #bienen #macro #apiary #naturephotography #pollinators #honeycomb #beekeepers #insects #bijen #bij https://www.instagram.com/p/CC1ny48A0tW/?igshid=13fgo4c8ec80c

What a difference a month makes!! Both of our queens have happily settled in and are laying tons of eggs! Queen Rosalinda’s hive is bringing in tons of honey and Persephone’s ladies have loads of pollen and nectar.

Thank you beekeeper photographer Chris Wyatt @theproductivepatch for this beautiful reminder of the divine wisdom bees possess as to their own honey & hive when humans let them bee! 💝 ・・・ 🐝❤️ The clean up crew ❤️🐝 When you make a mess of comb in the hive the clean up crew is never too far away. This photo is of some torn burr comb in the top of one of the rooftop hives at work. 'Burr comb' is the term used to describe the wax comb bees build to fill unusual spaces between boxes, lids or where frames are unevenly spaced. In this case it was in the lid. Bees will always rapidly clean up spilt or exposed ripe honey. It's so important to them and such a strong attractant for robber bees, so it's a case of 'all hands on deck' when a mess is made. It is truly incredible how quickly they can drain honey from damaged cells and relocate it. This lot was cleaned dry in 15 minutes. #beekeeping #bees #apiary #pollinators #beekeeper #beekeepers #apis #pollinator #insects #urbanbeekeeping #sustainability #Australia #busybees #backyardbeekeeping #honey #organic #nectar #naturesgift #liquidgold #beesofinstagram #beekeepersgram #buylocal #honig #gratitute #grateful #newcastle #newcastlensw https://www.instagram.com/p/Bso032mhTHS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1m0fb30eup5bj

One week in and my hives, particularly one of them, is booming. Very gentle bees too! Let’s hope we continue to get along.

Just a few giveaways that you're obsessed with bees

The knife purchased a lifetime ago from a flea market outside Paris from an elfin woman specializing in ancient tools for the farm and la cuisine. - Wooden boxes splayed and overflowing; knives bung hole drillers leather cutters harnesses instruments of discipline. - Unearthed from farm jetsam lay an unusual knife, the handle lifted above the blade like a brick layer’s trowel. - Pour le miel, for the honey she said thrice. With a haughty smile and jaunty scarf and tiny hands elaborating slicing open the honeycomb, ouvrir le nid d'abeille liberating the honey. - Once belonging to a beekeeper in Burgundy, a friend of an uncle, a likely story for an over-eager foreigner with USD. - The carbon blade and turned walnut handle in fine condition from hundreds of years of minding someone else’s beeswax. - Buying a knife before the hive, the mis en place before the honeybees, a life glimpsed before it’s realized, the desire to understand Nature before I’m able to nurture. - #beekeeping #bee #backyardbeekeeping @napavalleybeeco (at At Home in Napa)