Mae Bees

Great swarm of happy bees!

Swarm on Sweet Birch We received a call about honey bees in a tree at the entrance of a neighborhood. The caller was walking with her young daughter and they got to witness the bees swarming into the tree. They said the swarm was so big the...

To warm to be thinking about winter

Winter is Here Here in NC the weather is crazy. Its January and this weekend was in the 70's, this is not always the case. In my area the coldest weather is in late January - March. We can also get a deep freeze in April. With that sai...

Now that winter is here What are you doing in winter?

Melting Beeswax It’s time to melt beeswax in the apiary. I do two different melts based off the type of wax. What this means is that the capping and lighter wax is done in my first run. Then I do the darker used comb next. I am a smalle...

My newest hive!

Absconding Bees After getting home, I was feeding my chickens and I noticed that there was a large swarm of bees in the tree just above the chicken yard. This swarm of bees was none typical for mid-August. The swarms in this area during...