Shady Lane Bees“My major concern is that we’ve already taken a hit with the tracheal mites and the other mites and of course insecticides,” Niles said. “This …
Read More »Asian Giant Hornet, aka: Murder Hornet
A Wonderful animated infographic made by my good friend Rick Holman at https://rickolafh.com/ on the Asian Giant Hornet (Vespa mandarinia), aka: Murder Hornet, known for it’s love …
Read More »Shady Lane Bees in Whidbey News Times
I didn’t say “guys” but the rest was about right: A honey of a summer on ‘Whidbee’ Island
Read More »Thank you!!
Not much to write lately. The bees are well fed and snug in their bed (boxes) for a long winter’s nap (not really, they don’t …
Read More »Whidbey Bees Orientation Flights
Honey bees getting out on a wonderfully sunny cool day taking orientation flights
Read More »Bee-ing A Bit Bee-hind
Last year we started harvesting honey about July 5th – this year, we’re behind. Like last year, the blackberries bloomed early but this year, after …
Read More »Removing Honey Bees From A Tree
Had fun but worn out helping a fellow beekeeper remove bees from a tree today. Owner of the property had an excavator removing trees when …
Read More »Candling A Queen Cell
Last queen of the batch ..just wanted to make sure she’s viable and sure enough, she’s moving around and it looks like she’s trying to …
Read More »Whidbey Queens Emerged
A few pictures of the queens from batch QR6. These emerged on 5/10 and most will be placed into mating nucs today and tomorrow. These …
Read More »A Few Good Queens
Snapped a few pictures of some newly emerged virgin queens. Most of these have been distributed to others or to some of my hives. I …
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