Randy and Rose got home Friday night to find their Certificate of Honey Bee Colony Registration waiting for them in the mailbox. It’s now official. Ash Hill Apiary is registered and recognized by the Maryland Department of Agriculture. This is … Continue reading
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Here are some photos taken during last weekend’s inspection. We hope you like them as much as we do. Our thanks to Maggie and Jenean for the photography.
So, as we alluded to last time, we inspected the hives again over the weekend. And we’re happy to report that we have two “queenright” hives, which is just bee-speak for hives that have laying queens in them. On to … Continue reading
Be honest. How much productivity have you lost at work looking at pointless videos? Well, here’s an opportunity to waste even more time. Check out Ash Hill Apiary’s YouTube channel. We think you’ll be glad you did. Our inaugural video … Continue reading
…they seem to follow us wherever we go. Recently, while visiting NYC, Rose and Randy were invited to give an impromtu lecture about honeybees to an enthusiastic audience of five-year-olds. (This, after a lunch “en plein air” that was punctuated … Continue reading
No hive inspections planned for this weekend, so we’ve got something else to share instead: Randy was asked to write up a summary of how he got into beekeeping for his neighborhood newsletter. You can read it here. PS: It was … Continue reading
Here’s a quick–and true–story from last Sunday about Josh (pictured below with Rose). After he had spent the whole afternoon poking around the hives and handling literally thousands of bees, he made his way to the car, passing under a low-hanging tree branch that extended … Continue reading
We’re going through more photos from Sunday’s inspection and wanted to share the one below. Back story: The bees had extended the comb from the tops of some frames and attached it to the inner cover. In this shot, the … Continue reading
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We worked the hives again on Sunday afternoon. Space was getting pretty tight, so we added a second deep to both hives. Plus, we removed the entrance reducers. In other words, the girls got an Extreme Makover: Hive Edition. Check … Continue reading
Editor’s note: We’re back in the hives this afternoon. Pictures soon. Until then, enjoy the exciting conclusion to Part 1 of Doug’s guest post: The suspense was killing me, so I went into the hive yesterday. Lo and behold, I saw: (1) … Continue reading
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