Packages will be available this spring starting in April. They will be $77 and are available marked or un-marked.
Pick up dates are April 4th and 18th
Packages $77
Queens will be $20.
Kits are $235
-package bees installed
-2 deeps w/ wooden frames and wax foundation-wired
-lid, inner cover, feeder, bottom board
Taking students for lessons starting April 14th.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
It is cold. And it has been raining, but only on the days that I need to do stuff. The bees are doing fine. Not much point feeding them. It seems like once it gets really cold, the bees won't take syrup anymore. Since I live in NC, it can be 35 degrees one day and 65 the next. The Camellias are blooming at my house and on nice days I see some activity from the hives. Also on nice days I've been putting out a saucer with a little syrup in it. I float wine corks on top of it so the bees will have something to land on without drowning.
On another note, last night (Sat), I got home only to find 3 chickens on top of my garbage can in my front yard! So I changed into the dirtiest clothes I could find, grabbed a flashlight, and had to snatch up birds at 3AM. The chickens were mine. I've got a whole bunch, much to the delight of my neighbors. It seems like only the hens feel the need to escape the backyard paradise I have provided for them. In my opinion a chicken will behave one of 2 ways, either stupid or crazy. Yet when I have to chase them around a muddy backyard at 3AM only to be outsmarted, what does that make me? I do have one rule when it comes to catching a bird. Once you start, you don't stop until it is caught. Otherwise you're just teaching them that it is a rewarding experience to run away.
I caught all the birds and located a few more hens and got them all in their coop where the roos were just chilling. Of course since it was 3AM they thought the sun must be up somewhere, and they rooed till about 5 AM. Sorry neighbors but hey, your dogs bark all the time so we'll call it even.
I've been getting some calls about bees for the spring. I'll be going to Georgia again this April to get packages. I've got 2 dates, April 4th and April 18th. The packages can be picked up at my house in South Raleigh anytime after noon. I don't provide bees in March b/c the weather usually acts all wacky and I get them from Georgia b/c it is far enough south that the bees seem to be a few weeks ahead of the ones from around here.
On another note, last night (Sat), I got home only to find 3 chickens on top of my garbage can in my front yard! So I changed into the dirtiest clothes I could find, grabbed a flashlight, and had to snatch up birds at 3AM. The chickens were mine. I've got a whole bunch, much to the delight of my neighbors. It seems like only the hens feel the need to escape the backyard paradise I have provided for them. In my opinion a chicken will behave one of 2 ways, either stupid or crazy. Yet when I have to chase them around a muddy backyard at 3AM only to be outsmarted, what does that make me? I do have one rule when it comes to catching a bird. Once you start, you don't stop until it is caught. Otherwise you're just teaching them that it is a rewarding experience to run away.
I caught all the birds and located a few more hens and got them all in their coop where the roos were just chilling. Of course since it was 3AM they thought the sun must be up somewhere, and they rooed till about 5 AM. Sorry neighbors but hey, your dogs bark all the time so we'll call it even.
I've been getting some calls about bees for the spring. I'll be going to Georgia again this April to get packages. I've got 2 dates, April 4th and April 18th. The packages can be picked up at my house in South Raleigh anytime after noon. I don't provide bees in March b/c the weather usually acts all wacky and I get them from Georgia b/c it is far enough south that the bees seem to be a few weeks ahead of the ones from around here.
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