Adeline's Acre

Do you need a last minute Christmas gift? Or some delicious local honey to start off the New Year right? I have a few jars of my fall harvest available! 24oz jar is $15 and 12oz jars are $8. Message me if you would like one and we can arrange drop off/pick up. Contactless drop off/pick up available too!

Today's sunshine was a beautiful opportunity to get into the bees with my mom! I'm trying Saskatraz bees this year in one of my hives. They are bred to be productive, gentle honeybees with tolerance to mite and brood diseases. I was able to find the queen during my hive inspection today and they look healthy and productive! Not as robust as some of my other bees have been this time of year, but I have my first full frame of honey, and hopefully there will be many more! My other hive this year is a captured swarm and I am feeding them sugar water to help them build up their colony. It was a very small swarm, but they've settled in well, so I'm hopeful with the right interventions, they will build a strong colony.

Another exciting adventure this last week was capturing two different bee swarms! One was quite small, and one was quite large, but they are both doing well in their new hives! My established hive is doing great, as you can see from the hive inspection photo. It was a tough winter with the late snow, and I'm grateful to be back up to three hives! Do you have any questions about bees? Let me know!