Category Archives: honey bees

More bad bee karma

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Carrie

Two weeks ago I was offered another very small colony of bees. I drove over and picked them up. Usually I’m a person who asks lots of questions, but for some reason, I didn’t on this day. I guess I … Continue reading →

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Welcome new bee colony!

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Carrie

If you put a request out there, sometimes it is answered before you’re even ready! Later yesterday, after I spoke with JR (Githens’ Bee Farm: 831-663-2433), he called to say he was going to pick up a swarm of bees … Continue reading →

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Looking for Bees

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Carrie

Spoke w/JR Githens of Githens Bee Farm this morning to find out if he could sell me a colony of bees. He doesn’t have any right now. I asked also if I needed to scrape off all the wax on … Continue reading →

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The Bees didn’t make it

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Carrie

Two weeks ago we harvested honey from our farm’s first colony of bees. We took 13 frames full of honeycomb out, leaving about 13 more frames full of honey for the bees. We got 50.5 pounds of honey from those … Continue reading →

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