05/31/2026
Ten years ago I lost most of my bees. I had a hive body at the garage. I saw one or two bees around Easter nosing at the entrance. On Passover, I was surprised to find a fully occupied deep hive body. Turns out the one or two were scouts. That hive thrives to this day. Colonies have personalities. I don’t dare go near that established hive (pictured tall hive) without protective clothing. They will give me a country butt whoopin’!
Well, we decided to build up the ‘hood. We went over to The Bee Barn in Paducah for a couple of nucs (a mini-hive if you will). Got back and installed them into each of their new homes.
Now, the early flowers of the buckwheat cover crop planted a few weeks ago will get many visitors. And we are staged for the 1,000s of pumpkin flowers and sunflowers following that to get pollinated. Of course, my honey addiction will benefit. Three cups of honey-sweetened pour over every morning.