Happy Monday everyone! I don't know about you, but the weekend is my favorite time during the summer. That's because weekends mean HIVE MAINTENANCE!! On the weekends I get to go into the hives and make sure that everything is on the up and up.
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After making the hour and a half trip up to Swan's Honey in Albion, Maine, we have two hives again! (Check out the video from the car with both hives on the drive home). And they are starting off with loads of resources to boot!
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Hey everybody and welcome back to He Works Hard for the Honey and welcome to Spring 2018! For those of you who have been with us since the beginning, welcome back! And those who are just joining us, welcome! I’m Chris, and last year we started documenting the journey of me (and my wife in tow), a new beekeeper, keeping two beehives in our backyard.
Read moreBrace yourselves....
While I'm no Jon Snow, the milder day temperatures and colder nights have reminded me lately that...winter is coming. I knew that when I moved from Boston to Portland that this would happen sooner in the year. So now what? What happens to the hive as winter is coming in? How do we prepare?
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