Spring Management – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Fri, 20 Oct 2017 21:05:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i2.wp.com/www.keepingbackyardbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Spring Management – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 Spring into Action https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/spring-into-action/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/spring-into-action/#respond Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:57:12 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=1310 With the temperature rising above 50 degrees for a few days, it’s time to do a curiosity evaluation. With a smoker in hand and winter patties in the toolbox, I set out to do a quick inspection while the sun is shining and winds are calm.  I notice bee activity at the entrance. A beekeeper waits […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/spring-into-action/feed/ 0 With the Best of Intentions https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/best-intentions/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/best-intentions/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2015 23:51:41 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=1249 Guest post by Monica and Todd Warner The outside world thinks that a farmer or beekeeper’s season starts when the flowers begin to bloom or the last frost passes. Where we live, that last frost date is right around tax day in mid-April, but really a beekeeper’s “Spring” begins when that first flower blossoms (early […]

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