Home Farming & Gardening
how to attract honey bees to your vegetable garden
This week my friend Liz who is a beekeeper by profession spoke to the local garden club about bee...
ahealthylifeforme.com
Home Farming & Gardening
how to set up a beehive
On the heels of my post yesterday on why all The Bees Are Dying, I thought I would show you guys how...
ahealthylifeforme.com
Home Farming & Gardening
the bees are dying
Over last winter all four of my beehives died. Liz who is my beekeeping teacher and helper lost al...
ahealthylifeforme.com
Home Farming & Gardening
feeding the bees
In the spring before the flowers start to open and in the fall when the flowers are closing for the ...
ahealthylifeforme.com
Home Farming & Gardening
colony cycle of the hive
Beekeeping follows seasonal cycles. Last time Liz and I opened the hive, Liz gave me a quick tuto...
ahealthylifeforme.com
Home Farming & Gardening
booty from the robbery
Not that kind of Booty, GEEZ, get your mind out of the gutter! After our successful robbery. I had...
ahealthylifeforme.com
Home Farming & Gardening
there was a robbery in my backyard
SHHHH, It was me! Yep Liz and I robbed the hive. Not a full-out robbery just a small we’re going...
ahealthylifeforme.com
Home Farming & Gardening
checking the hive after the swarm
We did a check on the hives and wanted to find out which one swarmed. All the hives are flourishing,...
ahealthylifeforme.com
Home Farming & Gardening
my first bee swarm!
On Friday morning when I was writing my post “Why I have Bees” I thought I should add a photo of...
ahealthylifeforme.com
Home Farming & Gardening
why i keep bees
Why do I keep bees? Our last home sat on 47 acres overlooking the Ohio River. The home was built-...
ahealthylifeforme.com
Home Farming & Gardening
my first jar of honey
Liz stopped by to do a check up on the hives. It had been one week since she installed her three h...
ahealthylifeforme.com
Home Farming & Gardening
black locust tree
I am not in any way shape or form a morning person. You can ask the people I live with, I don’t ...
ahealthylifeforme.com
Home Farming & Gardening
what a beautiful day today!
Today was a busy day around here! Yesterday it started raining around 10:00 a.m and it didn’t stop...
ahealthylifeforme.com
Home Farming & Gardening
bees arrived!
Liz arrived this morning to place the bees in their new homes. The back of her SUV was filled with a...
ahealthylifeforme.com
Home Farming & Gardening
bee boxes set up...waiting for bees
Yes its true, I thought of myself as NOT a very good beekeeper. I was finally willing to admit I h...
ahealthylifeforme.com
Home Farming & Gardening
bee hive in working order
Bee hive was checked yesterday and the queen is laying. However, they had no food, so they were fe...
ahealthylifeforme.com
Home Farming & Gardening
bees are coming.....
Four new bee hives will be arriving this spring.
ahealthylifeforme.com