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Last Summer, I set up one of my experimental apiaries down at Westover Plantation. I now actually have 7 daggone apiaries, if you include my home yard. Nobody needs this many apiaries, unless you’re trying to make money I suppose. In an ideal world, I would have all of my hives in one location, so [...]  I have been given the honor of being the 2011 President of the East Richmond Beekeeper’s Association. My first meeting will be in February, so I have been doing a lot of thinking about what I wanted to do as ‘President’. We are a young group that has grown nicely over two years. So, as [...] Westover Hive Cluster As mentioned back in October, I generally let my bees alone until mid-January, when I wait for a day that reaches the upper 40′s and try to get out and look at as many hives as I can! The main goal at this point is to make sure that the cluster [...] I hate to be a curmudgeon (can you be one of those at 44 years of age?), but I have to whine about something that I encountered tonight. It is more evidence to me that you have to be really careful when buying your bees. I attended the Richmond Beekeeper’s Association tonight to listen [...] Although 2010 went out cold and snowy in Varina, Virginia, 2011 came in like a Spring day. Jan 1 popped up into the mid-50′s with intermittent Sun and a little wind throughout the day. Effectively, it was a perfect day to peek in on the beehives, so that’s what I did. Hives at the [...] |
Varina, Virginia
66°F
Mostly Cloudy
Humidity: 22%
Wind: SW at 14 mph
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