WPI Farm Team

WPI farm team less Mr. Whalley. Starting left to right: Mr. Dutton "Ron", Dave "Slug", Me "Jake The Snake", Brian "Briant", and Doug "Dougie".  Great working at a machine shop where lunch break becomes walking, tending to the garden, taking care of bees...... Feel very fortunate to be part of this group. =)

Gorging oneself

When you open a hive sometimes you will break burr comb.  Look at that crystal clear beautiful honey!  Probably clover or sumac honey.  A bee has a natural instinct to gorge themself. Why you ask? #1 reason, they are getting prepared to leave at a moments notice (smoke from a smoker acts like a forest fire, and you are tearing apart thier home), which actually makes them easier to work with. Don't you seem more dosile with a full belly? =)

Wings on display

Beautiful display of wings in action.  Opened Hive #1 & no eggs in sight.  I will give them until the end of the week and if there are no eggs I will have to purchase a queen.  If I do not they most deffinently will parish. =( 

Thank you for the pic Brian & I hope you all enjoy! =)

Hive #5 queen

This is a pic Amy got of hive #5's queen. Thank you, glad to see them surviving, and hope you enjoy. ;-)

Bear survivors

Hive #5, Which got tore to pieces by a bear. I was able to save the queen and some of the colony. Now they seem to be doing great (dispite what they have been through). Hopefully they will be strong enough to make it through winter.

Hive #4 in Huntington

Went into hive #4 & #5 today. This is hive #4. This colony should be booming, but it is not. Guess I lost the queen some how? No eggs, no larva, no pupa, which means no brood.  I dont get it. It had to have happened when I moved it about 3 weeks ago.

My boss is right, either I am the luckiest bee keeper or the un-luckiest. But I am getting good at making emergency queens. Lol

Family photo! lol

This is a pic of a worker coming in loaded last Fall.  Brian photo shopped it.  I thought it would be pretty cool if I had a pic on my wall like that. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!  =)