http://bloomfieldbeeshoney.com/blog Bloomfield Bees Honey blog all about beekeeping Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:37:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Started the day at 9am, loading the bee van with nucs and mini mating nucs. Went to a yard with Scott Nelson of Nelson Family Honey and there were 3 swarms. We hived them and went through the others and pulled out queen cells and shook bees into mini mating ... http://bloomfieldbeeshoney.com/blog/?p=8 My first swarm was January 23rd from one of my hives. Since then I have taken 3 swarms from Oak Trees at the Santa Rosa Junior College. I have had swarm calls there in previous years, when I get a swarm from the same bush! I have taken some bees ... http://bloomfieldbeeshoney.com/blog/?p=7 Today my Chihuahuas woke me up barking. There had to be either a critter outside or a human had come calling fairly early in the day. Definitely a critter. Several critters. Wild turkeys!!! The meadows are tall with wildflowers blooming everywhere and the apple trees in the 16 acres that ... http://bloomfieldbeeshoney.com/blog/?p=6 It’s been a while since I have had time to write. Why? Bees, of course! I’ll tell you about one of the days since then. My 58th birthday was APRIL 26TH.. Frank asked me how I wanted to spend my day. I said, I don’t want to feed bees, write ... http://bloomfieldbeeshoney.com/blog/?p=5 The Sonoma County Beekeeper’s Association’s board meeting just ended and I decided to write even though it is almost midnight, because a very exciting thing came to a conclusion today. A couple of months ago I had an email from a girl named Juliana on the sonomabees list on Yahoo! ... http://bloomfieldbeeshoney.com/blog/?p=4 O.K.... So here I was at Kathy's house. We're just talking about bees, of course, and all of a sudden I look up and there is this HUGE swarm of bees in her backyard, I pointed at it for her to look and she screams "FRANK :) We have a swarm". ... http://bloomfieldbeeshoney.com/blog/?p=3 I have been working with a fellow who does wall extractions. I am at his call and I bucket up and down his supplies, wash his rags and generally do gofer work. I've promised him queen bees for life and he gives me the feral genetics! I have 2 hives ... http://bloomfieldbeeshoney.com/blog/?p=1