A blog post can be about anything related to our experience here at Impact!, to inspire you instead of nag you about posting (and I am taking up Peyton’s challenge!) I have chosen to give you a tour of my apiary since Matt and David were eager to come up for a visit this weekend but could not make it.
Here I am, suited up to give you a tour.
Setting the scene, here's my house upstate.
Originally my hives were located in front of this old chicken barn.
Because of pesky bears that attack the hives, they are now located on the second floor of the barn.
They can come and go as they please from the open windows.
The bees arrive in the spring in screened boxes about twice the size of a shoebox.
They get dumped into their new home along with a queen.
Bees in flight.
The type of flower determines the color of the honey. In my area spring honey is lighter and by early fall really dark.
On average, I have four hives and get about 100lbs of honey a year.
1. i’m in love with the beautiful bottles and labels
2. i’m in love with your house
3. i’m scared silly of bees but with you holding my hand, i’d visit
4. you rock
mark–that was a great post. i love honey bees and have spent some time in their company. jealous about your house and chicken coupe– they appear real country. enjoy.
WOW. I love this tour of your apiary. Now that I’ve also sampled the (amazing!) honey you produce, I am even more in awe of all that goes into this unique passion.
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Mark, I love what you are doing. Thanks for allowing me to visit last summer and experience your apiary firsthand.
So beautiful up there and it looks like you’re getting some great honey. I’m also a designer/beekeeper although my bees are making do with decidedly less delicious forage near the Ikea in Red Hook. They’re doing pretty well although they occasionally get into the Maraschino Cherry factory and all the honey turns red.