Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

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...

Working on plants to encourage and feed honeybees for the apiary garden.  Some parts of year are covered - in Spring, Acer (maple)  flowers...

Broccoli Broccoli in container  A few minor notes on kitchen garden. The broccoli is ready.  I didn't know when to harvest.  ...

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...

Amanogawa cherry. This was bought as a close-out overwintered outdoors at the nursery. Turned out nice.  Pain, neuropathy, and fatigue are...

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...

Order came from Raintree Nursery late last week. I kept them in the box in chilly shaded sheltered north location for 2 days. Planted som...

This is the top bar beehive kit from Beethinking.com. I bought the kit at their shop in Portland a few weeks ago. Nicely made. Much ...

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...

Clovers are regarded as forages or lawn weeds. When I was a boy, when the earth was green and great mastodons lumbered across the Illinois ...