On Saturday, TJ issued an invitation irresistible to any new beekeeper: a hands-on demo of his spring hive inspection.
My first hive opening, it was magic. Check out some annotated photos from the inspection and a slideshow version below
Archive | March, 2008
My lovely new topbar hive
24 Mar
Props to local woodworker, Bill H., for crafting this lovely little bee home. It’s a Kenyan Top Bar Hive with plenty of modifications designed by local bee sage, TJ.
I’ve got a lot of old men looking out for me.
death comes to the beekeeper
3 Mar
One of the most generous beeks in our local community examined his hives this weekend and found tragedy.
2 entirely dead hives
It’s the sort of thing that drops your heart right through your feet, crashing like a pebble on the dirt below.
Immediately the examination of conscience begins like Sister Rose Angela in the 3rd grade quizzing you tirelessly:
Surely, you have sinned, my child.
NM Beek did the brave thing and wrote about it. For a newbeek like myself, his experience and the naked telling of it are invaluable learning opportunities. 50 lashes aside, nothing hones one’s skill like a few failures and a visit to the bee catacombs.
Besides, he’s not the only one.
Photo by Joy Godfrey
mistress beek 
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