This past winter was low snow and warmer than normal. I was not happy, as I love to ski, but my bees are happy. The bees are so happy with the warm weather, and they came out of their hibernation and are buzzing with gay abandon!
I'm beyond happy that I didn't lose any hives this winter, which is really amazing as most bee keepers do lose some hives every winter. I left my hives with lots of honeycomb so that they wouldn't run out of food stores, and would come out of the winter with vigor and a growing population.
A spring special, Limited time only...just like the Bloom!
The trees are popping right now and I have a special treat for you, a fresh blossom in a 1 oz tin of Honeybee Balm!
These won't last long @ $25 each.
Enjoy the fresh feel of spring and nurture your skin at the same time!
When I began my beesness, 10 years ago, I was determined to use as little plastic as possible. If I had not found the cardboard tubes for the balm, I probably would not have started a beesness.
Luckily, I did find them and have had a thriving beesness since then, thanks to all the bees and customers!
Buzzing right along!
I just wanted to update you on the Taos Bee Apiary. The bee hives overwintered very well, I now have 16 hives and they are all flourishing and buzzing around my orchard and the local area. They feasted on dandelions, then cherry, apple, pear and apricot blossoms in my orchard. There have been smokey days here in Taos, due to the fires south east of here, the bees don't like to fly on smokey days, but there have been enough clear days for them to gather pollen and nectar to start building up their stores and start making honey. The populations of each hive are generally healthy, though I did notice 2 hives had lower populations then the rest of...
