I recently uploaded this video to my YouTube channel. Recorded in 2017, our first install into the Top Bar hive. We dropped the queen, so that adds a layer of complexity!
It’s worth a watch again…
Beekeeping
(a hive inspection)
Glad to have Scott along for my latest hive inspection!
The ladies calm quickly with a little puff of cedar chip smoke from the smoker.
The bees appeared happy and busy, and the Queen continues to lay healthy brood.
After such a dry summer, there isn’t quite enough reserve for a honey harvest yet. A simple & poetic reminder: sweet things come to those who wait.
{beekeepers}
Scott, thanks for being the best beekeeping co-pilot a gal could have. I love you more than pith helmets and fresh honey!
{bee checkin}
Friday was an excellent day for a hive inspection. My sister accompanied/assisted and my bro Josh helped us carry our supplies out to the hive.
I love this photo! It makes me think of Back to The Future, when Marty dresses like a space alien to scare his dad into asking out his mom. “I am Darth Vader, an extra-terrestrial from the planet Vulcan.”
{Bee Update}
5 days after installing our bees, I set out to do a hive inspection to see how the girls were settling in.
My mom came along to meet the hive, and here she is holding a frame of bees for the first time even though it made her a bit nervous. She is brave!
Unbidden Grace 