Monthly Archives: April 2007

Started the day at 9am, loading the bee van with nucs and mini mating nucs. We hived them and went through the others and pulled out queen cells and shook bees into mini mating nucs. I came home with 11 … Continue reading →

My first swarm was January 23rd from one of my hives. Since then I have taken 3 swarms from Oak Trees at the Santa Rosa Junior College. I have had swarm calls there in previous years, when I get a … Continue reading →

Today my Chihuahuas woke me up barking. There had to be either a critter outside or a human had come calling fairly early in the day. Definitely a critter. Several critters. Wild turkeys!!! The meadows are tall with wildflowers blooming … Continue reading →

It’s been a while since I have had time to write. Why? Bees, of course! I’ll tell you about one of the days since then. My 58th birthday was APRIL 26TH.. Frank asked me how I wanted to spend my … Continue reading →

The Sonoma County Beekeeper’s Association’s board meeting just ended and I decided to write even though it is almost midnight, because a very exciting thing came to a conclusion today. A couple of months ago I had an email from … Continue reading →

O.K…. So here I was at Kathy’s house. We’re just talking about bees, of course, and all of a sudden I look up and there is this HUGE swarm of bees in her backyard, I pointed at it for her … Continue reading →

I have been working with a fellow who does wall extractions. I am at his call and I bucket up and down his supplies, wash his rags and generally do gofer work. I’ve promised him queen bees for life and … Continue reading →