Bee day II - 3/27/10
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Met with John early to discuss the bees I'm keeping at his Carneros
place. We mostly talked about art and drank coffee while Davis
ransacked their toy cabinet. However, I did give him some of the honey
from the bees that is absolutely amazing. On the Bonick Family Farm the
bees first get eucalyptus in early February, then the organic Asian
pears come into bloom, and lastly the blackberry bloom under the
eucalyptus canopy -- a feast!
* Met with Roger to look into the hives I am managing for him. One of his hives kind of circled the drain this winter so I married a colony of mine from a fan division I did last week. The teak hives look gorgeous, even after going through a wet winter. The observation hive is also just busting -- it's wonderful to be able to see into the life of the bees without opening the lid. I love that hive!
* Got a call from my sister-in-law KT. She lives in Oakland and was having an early Easter party when a swarm arrived. It appears the bees are moving into a PG&E box on the ground,,, how random is that? Curious, because both my wife and son were at the party too. I'm not assuming the bees knew that and were there looking for me..
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While at Roger's I got a call from a lady named Anette who was doing
the Good Sam bee thing and looking after a swarm across town. I guess
she called Luke who refereed me. Super excited because I have been watching the
oak trees this swarm came from for about 5 years now. Patience will be rewarded, or...something like that...!
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I got a call from Susan, her bees swarmed earlier today. I went by her
place thinking we would dive into her colony and harvest some of the
queen cells but got there a little late. Plus, her colony is so
monsterous we'd probably be at it for hours. So we went for a walk
around her block and happened to find an abandoned house with a
feral colony living in the walls.
Hew-weee! Now that's some honey.
Johnny checking out his yum yum - Oh, incidentally, the back lit honey photo was MY idea.
Crazy mustard out there at the Carneros apiary.
Edward Emery's hive drawing after a winter.
Roger's teak hives
Roger's bees. You don't see many in this image but they're loaded with varroa
My favorite - the observation hive
I love how the rusted metal compliments the wood
and you can see inside...
Here
is the picture KT sent me of the swarm that interrupted her Easter
party. My guess is they are going in the small hole of that cover. But
what do I know? I'm no scout bee.
My car - Annette's bike
The Bees left this hole in the oak tree.
The bees ended up on this sign where the road splits on Trower about 15' away from their mother hive.
They looked like this when I left.
Annette is a sweet as honey, but I'm not getting her shirt..?
Forest and Annette
Me and Susan in her gazing ball
Susan's monster hive
The abandon building with the bees
Perfect bee house
The flea is very puzzled, but it will not stop down, because flea's life style will be “jumps”. A time is hit, the flea started becomes intelligent, it started the altitude which adjusted itself according to the cover to jump highly.
Posted by: air force one | August 19, 2011 at 07:44 PM