Aug
19
2017
Jana coined this one I think - All-Honeys-Eve. That's when all the honey is sitting in the garage, waiting to be extracted the next day. It's a good feeling - you know there is a lot of work ahead,...
Jul
11
2017
This is an exciting time of the year for us at Our Bright Acres. Until last night, we had at least a week and a half of classic early July weather: No rain, flowers blooming, mild breezes, and the...
Apr
23
2017
This weekend was the Minnesota home school conference in St. Paul, but also the time when the rest of our bee packages arrived. So, Jana went to the home school conference while I stayed with the kids and received...
Apr
13
2017
Resurrection Sunday is right around the corner, and the signs of spring have been all around us for some time now. We made our last batch of ice cream using snow a few weeks ago (sweetened with honey, of...
Sep
02
2016
Well, we've been up to our armpits in honey! What a hectic, but sweet time it has been. We thank God for the harvest and for all the help we have had. Also, we are very grateful for the...
Jul
31
2016
Well, it's the end of July already, and we at Our Bright Acres are doing our best to buzz into action in order to get ready for the honey harvest less than a month away. We hope your summer...
Jul
28
2016
With all the things that happen in and around the hives, I could be posting much more often. I think I just need to learn to do shorter posts sometimes of 'snapshots' of what we see happening. I checked...
Jul
23
2016
My father sent me an email with the subject "Hot Bees" the other day. It's true - we've had a spell of hot & humid weather. If it was hot and dry air, that would be right up the...
May
17
2016
After inspecting a few colonies on May 7, I noticed a significant proportion of the foraging bees returning to the hives were loaded with pollen, so I snapped a few pictures shown here - just with my iPhone 6.
Honey...
May
02
2016
A queenright hive is a hive with a queen, preferably one laying eggs. So, in the subject of this post, I may be using the term loosely, but I'm still a happy beekeeper for the moment. On Friday, I...
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