If the seasons are cyclical and we all know they are, where exactly does the square come in, much less the first one? Aren’t cycles by definition round? It seems that going back to square one gets a bad rap a lot of the time. For instance, you always go back to square one, right? Read More
Category: Bees
All the buzz about the bees
Deja Vu all over again
Hey everyone! It has been a crazy winter here and thankfully, according to the rodent, we are in for Spring sooner rather than later! Hurray! As I write this, I am looking outside to more of the white stuff along with freezing rain. As you know, I was over the cold weather weeks ago when Read More
That time in between
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you had a safe and fun time ringing in 2016. As I look back on the year, the one thing that comes to my mind is “where did all the time go?”. The days went by so fast that I can’t believe we are already in 2016. Not only Read More
Baby, it’s cold outside…sort of
It was cold all of the week before Thanksgiving with highs in the 40s lows in the 20s. It just got so cold when I wasn’t looking, I guess. It just seemed like one day, light jacket and next day hat, gloves and heavy coat! That is until Thanksgiving day when it was 66 degrees! Read More
Loss and learn….
Wow! Since my last post on change we have had some change that hurt….the kind of change that brought loss to the homestead. For those of you who have animals, pets or otherwise, it is hard when things don’t go their way and they suffer. Thankfully in this post I am not talking about the Read More
Happy Fall, Y’all!
Just a bit of warning about this post…it contains strong language. If you aren’t into deep thoughts (no, not the Jack Handy kind) or a little philosophizing or just a little yogi, Deepak Chopra kind of post, stop reading now. If you are or don’t know if you are because you don’t know what I mean or Read More
The sky is falling, the sky is falling! No, wait, it’s just the leaves…
I can’t believe it’s almost over….summer, that is. Where has the this glorious season gone? It has been a time of wonderful sun and warm temperatures and sun and warmth and more sun and warmth! I remember wishing for this heat last winter and promising that I wouldn’t complain of the heat no matter how hot it Read More
Tragedy, Triumph and other stuff
I can’t believe it is already mid-July! Where has the summer gone? Like I hope all of you did, we had a great Fourth of July overall. However, we did have a tragedy at the homestead. We experienced our first death on July 3rd. Well, our first unanticipated and unplanned death. One of our black Read More
Ouch! Love hurts!
It was inevitable. I knew it would happen. I just didn’t think it would happen like it did. That’s right, I got stung by one of my beautiful bees. I was all dressed up like normal and visiting the ladies to make sure all was good and everyone was happy yesterday and that is when Read More
What’s all the Buzz about?….The Bees are Here!
After much anticipation, preparation, reading and a week-long 20 hour class at UT, the bees have arrived and been hived! I initially ordered two packages from Smoky Ridge Apiaries, however, after meeting with and speaking with my new bee mentor, I changed one of the packages to a Nuc. So I have one package hive Read More