Updates and Plans for 2015

*So it has been warm this Christmas week in northern New Jersey. Bees have been flying here and around the state. Some have been bringing in pollen. Others have been house cleaning.....removing dead bees, stretching their legs and wings, pooping. Yup....they do that too!



Dec. 27, 2015

*The beginning of a new year means new calendars. One of my girls has become a calendar girl. Jim's photo of a honeybee in a cucumber flower was chosen by the New Jersey Beekeepers Association to appear in the 2015 calendar. She's on the May page.



NJ Beekeepers Association 2015 calendar
 

*All the experienced beekeepers and the books say winter is the time to catch up on reading bee literature and to plan for the spring. So that's my plan. In preparation for Spring, we are putting together supers and frames for a second bee hive, getting honey supers in shape and thinking about planting bee friendly flowers. In anticipation of a honey supply, I am investigating types of jars...glass, plastic, size, shape.....there are tons of choices and I'm deciding on a label style for the McBees.

Happy New Year everyone!