Spring is busy with bees, animal tragedies, fun visits from friends and life in general!
beekeeping
Bees/Bourbon/*Bang* for New Year
Lots has happened in the beginning of 2024. Exciting Bee Conferences, floods, new animals, hikes... read on!
Bee Shake Down
Shaking down bees? A new type of extortion? No. I'm consolidating my hive boxes, eliminating the non-conforming deep frames and moving all the bees to the lower medium boxes with medium frames. Lots of work. Whew! No humans were stung during this presentation.
Bee Mistakes/Foster/Shelter
Meet foster dog Kaiser/Schultz, see me fixing my beekeeping mistakes and find out why we had rush to get a goat shelter.
Cuteness Overload
We visited our future baby goats, researched Livestock Protection Animals, got the chicks and the new bees and a tractor! Hiking and travel also made this post.
March Madness: Farming/Visiting Edition
This mostly photo update on the developing apiary, visit to San Fran, baby time, visit from nieces and nephew, breaking farm equipment, and just general fun around Asheville.
Home/Fried/Bees and Clarkson’s Farm
We went from homebodies back to Airstream junkies, taking in sights as varied as the Colonel's KFC Museum to the HiveLife beekeepers convention... and more. So much more.
Viva Las Vegas — & Santa Barbara and Drive Days
Blog #21 April 18 – 22 Okay, this is a long one and it's only a few days. That said, last week, two important things happened that I failed to mention: I got Trader Joe’s Bags in CA!!!!I had an opportunity to do some beekeeping! As some of you know, I used to keep bees. … Continue reading Viva Las Vegas — & Santa Barbara and Drive Days
The Long And Weinstein Road 