Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

It's been a few days since transferring the feral honeybee swarm to the top bar hive. They seem OK. One mistake I made with previous a...

There was a swarm of honeybees on a bush in the yard. I cleaned up my old top bar beehive, put on the old beesuit, and transferred them to ...

Warré beehive set up 5.9.15 Earlier I set up this Warré beehive see if it would attract a swarm.  It did not.  Today I picked up a shipm...

I remember, a long time ago, you told me about beekeeping. Image source:  Pinterest.  Vintage photo, French, 1920s.

Kenyan Top Bar Hive #2 Second top bar hive almost ready to set up.  This one had some QA issues - the hive body was slightly too large f...

honeybee on daisy Buddleia Miss Ruby 1st flower This weekend I planted two more Ceonathus thyrsiflorus "Victoria" starts...

On a chilly am, the honeybees cluster at the hive entrance.

Minor maintenance on beehive. Check top bars, make sure there is room for expansion of hive. Remove the empty sugar feeders. Near the hi...

Opening the hive to check on progress, especially to ensure combs hang from one top bar each. Including 2 under construction, there are 11 b...

Today was 2 days after installation of the bee colony. Time to check. The main issue is removal of the queen cage. If she's in it, it...

Here we are.  Bees are installed in their hive.  It wasn't difficult.  Afterwards, I sat in a chair an watched them buzzing around for 3...

Thebee feeders are in place. Ruhl-Bee states they will arrive first or 2nd week of April. I hope 2nd week. It may be difficult, earlier. ...

I decided to paint the hive. Will last longer. Less likely to mold mildew rot. Used white primer and a white outdoor latex. Decided on a...

From wikimedia commons.  2001  Ukranian stamps Ukranian beekeeping stamp, 1994 and subsequent issues . Also this one,...

" Alfred Dürer , 1514 : Eros, Venus and the bees. "Eros stung by a bee, when he inhaled the pleasant fragrance of a rose, went c...

I've been reading up on beekeeping.  For years I've had bee boxes for Orchard Mason Bees.  Now I'm feeling like they are the gat...