Less Bees Every Day

I have a feeling there are less and less bees each day I look through the window ... The bees seem very calm but I see no new bees doing the orientation flights infront of the hive. That would be a clear indicator that this colony has a laying Queen ... hmm ... more house bees would be also a good indicator that this colony has a laying Queen ... hmm

My Perone Hive - Video

The End of Reunion 2012

Reunion Day 2

Reunion at Kretsloppshuset

Intermezzo - Katzenjammer

A very interesting Norwegian band :)

Stimulative Feeding with Honey in a Top Bar Hive

After it swarmed this hive didnt realy kick off that well. So to make sure this new Queen gets into the egg laying mode I decided to feed it honey which comes from a local beekeeper. This year was very rainy and for that reason alone they didnt buil much honey stores

Going through our kitchen garden

a beautiful butterfly polinating Tagetes

 the first Pumpkin :)

Teacher Michael explaining gardening techniques ...

the photo bellow is showing part of the field with Ovacio Potato which is totally attacked with the Potato Blight (leaf fungus). The photo above shows the Sarpo Mira Potato without any Blight at all :) which is realy great. Sarpo Mira is a new Potato sort which is Blight resistant.

Proud gardeners looking at the very best of all thier hard work (cabbage field)

our Cabbage field is lush and green :) it sure looks good and is growing strong ... and it tastes great too ;)

taking notes about Broccoli cultivation

season's first Sunflower :)

Preparing Sour Preserves

Today we strated preparing winter preserves with various cabbages, carrots, beetroots, cucumbers, etc ...

Im not sure who this is ...

Kretsloppshuset's herbal garden is flowering big time :) attracting hundereds of solitary bumblebees and honeybees too

"Queen Kristine" the Perone Hive

I have named my first Perone hive (in progress) "Queen Kristine" :) I dedicate it to my dear wife :) she is a very gentle, warm and caring person and I wish this hive to be Kristine-like :)

I made the leggs and the window today. Now its left to make the window door and to pimp the boxes a bit ;) and to apply linseed oil for outher protection.
The photos arent showing the full height of this hive. 3 boxes are missing :) I have them at home to have something to do after the school. I must fix them a few more top bars.