Month: April 2008

Robie’s not the only one who can mess with the bees.

We’ve been expanding the garden each year, adding a couple beds at a time. Here’s what it looks like now. The large beds at 10’x3.5′

We’ve been expanding the garden each year, adding a couple beds at a time. Here’s what it looks like now. The large beds at 10’x3.5′   

Since I have as much space as I do (for a city boy), I generate a lot of compost. One ofthe problems I face is that there a many larger chunks in there that should be separated out.So I built a compost sifter. It needs some refinements, but it works ok.

Robie and I took a beekeeping class htis past Saturday and we’ve decided to take the plunge. The guy teaching the class had an extra “Nuc” of bees that we bought from him on Sunday. On Monday morning, I got the stuff needed to setup a hike and last night we moved the bees into their new home. “Nuc” stands for nucleus. You take some of the bees from an existing hive along with a couple frames of honey and larvae and for a new colony. Frames are the honeycomb boards in the hive.