Higganum Hillside Honey

Category: bees

  • Update after the Yellow Jackets

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    A few weeks ago, I checked on hive #4. I wanted to see if there was any queen activity in the upper brood box. The bees have been filling that with sugar water/nectar and there was no queen activity. So I asked my husband to assist me with taking the upper brood box off so…

  • Bees and the Birds

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    On Saturday, July 19th, I put out my centrifuges/frame spinners, cone tank, and the honey wax cappings bin for the bees to rob. Within the hour, there was a fury of bees on the cappings trying gathering all of the honey that was left on them. They were knocking off big chunk of wax off…

  • Honey is here!

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    So after a long season of restart, the bees produced honey that we could harvest. I am very grateful for what they produced. It is a small quantity, well from this keeper of the bees point of view. The pounds of honey may depend on the keeper of the bees, the number of hives that…

  • Honey Bees Make Stuff

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    We all know that honey bees make honey but did you know that honey bees make other things? Honey bees create their own wax from glands on their abdomen. They take the wax and chew it up to form the honey comb that is found in the hive. It is amazing insect engineering to create…

  • Yard Spraying

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    I cringe every time I see one of those signs saying that their yards were sprayed for mosquitoes. I get that people don’t get a lot of pleasure from being bitten by mosquitoes. I don’t as well, but I cannot think of how other insects can be not affected by it. It is not just…

  • Support your local farmers

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    Here is my shout out to local farmers. They work hard and the results are never guaranteed. Again, it is hard work. I am just a backyard keeper of the bees, and don’t know all of the in and outs of other farmers operations and do not want to speak on their behalf when it…

  • Hive 1 – Survivor Hive Update

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    Update on the Survivor Hive, that colony of bees appears to be doing well. The queen has been working hard on filing the hive with bees. I am still amazed that at the progress of this colony. One queen, a few bees, and with an introduction of just a frame of bees, I didn’t think…

  • Honey Bees in My Home

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    Today was an interesting day, I all started with a knock about 9:30 this morning at the bedroom widow, which is on the second story of the house. My husband Jim was power washing the house, up on the ladder, and noticed a swarm of bees at the windows above the garage, the area that…

  • Hive 1 – The Survivor Colony

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    Today I went into Hive #1, my survivor queen’s colony to add an additional brooding box on it. I am actually very happy to see how well that they are doing. The history behind this queen, her colony, and why I call them survivors is based from an inspection back in March. The winter here…

  • Keeping of the Bees Adventures

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    It all started back in 2020 with a little quote, “I did something.” and then posted a video of my second swarm exploding out of my first beehive to share with my family and friends. My husband gifted me a starter hive and gear for Christmas in 2018, I bought a package bees, installed them…