Mary Louise Eklund

Tag: Beekeeping

  • Monday Marginala – We’ve Got Bees

    When it is hot weather bees don't always go into the hive at night. They 'beard' the hive to keep cool. Think of it as sitting on the front porch on a hot evening. Here's our hive 2 one evening after 100+F day.
    When it is hot weather bees don’t always go into the hive at night. They ‘beard’ the hive to keep cool. Think of it as sitting on the front porch on a hot evening. Here’s our hive 2 one evening after 100+F day.

    It all started when one of Mike’s Wisconsin coworkers would talk about his 10,000 pets. He had a bee hive for his farm. Since then Mike has wanted a hive. Moving here to Tennessee we finally got enough space to have one. (more…)