2016 Family Christmas Letter

2016 Family Christmas Letter

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year greetings from the Pecinovskys! Our deepest wish this season is that you would be touched by the True Light of Hope that came into the world, and reached His hand out to each...

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Honey Sale Donations and Creamed Honey

Honey Sale Donations and Creamed Honey

We have been busy here at Our Bright Acres and have several announcements to make, which we will also share on Facebook. We now have creamed honey available for sale. We have had inquiries into "creamed honey" in the past,...

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Honey Harvest Photo Highlights

Honey Harvest Photo Highlights

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...

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Now taking honey orders – 2016!

Now taking honey orders – 2016!

It's finally here! Our web site is up and ready to take honey orders. Our planned honey extraction day is August 29th and we expect to be able to notify you of filled orders very shortly following that. We...

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What’s new at O.B.A.?

What’s new at O.B.A.?

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...

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Queens going and coming

Queens going and coming

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...

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Hot Bees

Hot Bees

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...

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Yard Sign Available

Tired of political signs? We are too and likely will only get worse. So we worked with Jake Sepulveda to help create a yard sign that is truly for yards! We wanted to have this available before the first...

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The Primacy of Pollen

The Primacy of Pollen

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...

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Projected honey availability for 2016

Projected honey availability for 2016

Just a brief update as we look forward a few months to the honey harvest for the 2016 season. We do plan to harvest a little earlier this year. In 2015, we were spinning honey just after Labor Day....

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