Linda's Bees

"What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet;"   William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet ...

At the February meeting of the Metro Atlanta Beekeepers, at the end of the meeting the president said as an announcement:  "If you aren...

I stopped by the Blue Heron this afternoon. The temperatures are in the low 50s and I thought I might see some bees. I really miss my bee...

In preparation for going to the mountains for Christmas, I took the tops off of the crystallized honey from Topsy and this is what I found: ...

About half the time I succeed; about half the time, it crystallizes. It is such a frustrating process. And the hard part is you don't ...

 August's Bee Culture has an article by Ross Conrad (he writes an article every month) on beekeeping in the northeast.  As it is autumn...

In addition to its many other troubles - SHB, a queen that isn't laying, a hive that isn't thriving, Mellona has ants. I see a stea...

I had the privilege to stop in Lula, Georgia at Don Kuchenmeister's lovely beeyard to pick up two packages on Saturday. It was raining ...

You'll remember that yesterday when feeding the bees, I found a baggie feeder with crystallized sugar in it. Rather than take it back i...

So here's the rest of the story of BT2. Here is the second bee tree. There is less activity; it's a smaller hive; and as always wit...

When people talk about harvesting honey, there's always some discussion about how messy the process is. When I harvest via crush and st...