A look inside

Nice day here in Charlotte. I took a look inside the hive today. Both queens are out of the cage- I did not see the queen but I assume they are in the hive. The bees are drawing comb and continue to eat from the feeder. They looked good - but what do I know...I have lost a few hives. happy Easter and rember jesus loves you.

Beekeepers Again

Karen and I are beekeepers once again. The packages have been installed. Derek and I were impressed at the size of the Brusy Mtn operation - at least five large building. Today they sold 600 packages of honey bees and the retail store was packed. During our drive, Derek and I joked about how it would be much cheaper to give people money and just purchase store honey. Hopefully these hives will live for a long time and Karen. http://photos.msn.com/slideshow/news/must-see-march-2013/23sbg1x1#11

The bees and blog return

The blog is back

The new bees will arrive on Saturday. Derek Davis and I are making the trip to Brushy Mountain Bee Farm to pick up our packages of bees. Derek and I know each other from cycling and church - his bees died over the summer. In addition to picking up a package of bees for myself; Karen is going to have a hive. Thus we will be a two hive family. Stayed tuned for the adventures that year three brings.

It is not over until the fat bee sings

Trying to bottle all the honey, I had my bucket resting on a 2 *4 to tilt the bucket...you guessed it the bucket slipped and covered my lege with a good quart of honey. What an appropriate way to end year one.

Fires, Stings, Sugar, Two labs, and Pollen yeilds a fourty three pounds of bee vomit part II

Failed to include the link to the web photo album:

https://picasaweb.google.com/earlfporter/Beekeeper?authkey=Gv1sRgCInj1-DN_vXvkQE#

There are a few bonus pictures from the Preakness (my friend Ricky Bobby took these) and a picture of the carport. Carport is awaiting final inspection on Thursday.

Finally remember if you are stung by a bee - red wine takes the pain away ; and benedryl takes away the swelling


Goodbye
Beekeeper Earl

Fires, Stings, Sugar, Two labs, and Pollen yeilds a fourty three pounds of bee vomit

After 17 months, it is time to shut down the bee blog. The blog was the established to capture the first year as a beekeeper. Now that the honey has been bottled year one is over. What a fun year it has been - I hope you have enjoyed the year as much as I have. Thanks to my new friend NJEB and John the Bee Mentor - I kept hive 2.0 alive and captured some honey.

I hope you have enjoyed reading erh bee blog - I have enjoyed my first year as a backyard beekeeper. The honey was filtered three times before it was bottled. I will distribute honey this week.

This link is the year in pictures with a heavy emphasis on this weekends harvest.

Enjoy
Beekeeper