Hello folks! Long time no post. After 28 years in the same home we have moved to a townhouse about 30 minutes away. The house is similar in size, but our yard went from 2.5 acres to a little postage stamp of a yard around the new home. We raised kids, started bees, and otherwise built our lives at that place, so it was a sad goodbye. I am close to my work commute now, and we can travel without worrying about a yard or a pool, so it seemed a good trade at this time in our lives.

Needless to say, I had to move the bees. My fellow beekeeper Karla was kind enough to share her apiary at a local brewery. So this past June we moved the bees late at night. Was a bit of a struggle, and my son-in-law saved the day with his truck. We moved ourselves in July and have been in the new place ever since.

A couple pictures of their new home.

The hives in the front are Karla’s, in the back our mine. Since these pictures a few of these hives has to be combined with their neighbors. So I now have 6 hives that will hopefully overwinter: two full-size Langstroths, two nucs, and two top bar hives.

It is a bit of a drive to visit, and with vacation time it has been a few weeks. It will be at least another before I check on their stores for winter. Hopefully they are still doing well.

In other news, my darling daughter has taken up blogging in recent years. She is a bit more organized and consistent than I am, building around her passion for coffee and motherhood. She has a nice mention of my bees in a recent post Honey in Coffee. Her site can be found at https://ktlikescoffee.com/.

My you prosper and find honey.