SOLD OUT. Since some you have asked in the past, I'm posting this on behalf of MashupDad, who has some local honey for sale! (Local to the Western Chicago suburbs, anyway... :) ) Find more info here: It's $12 per one pound jar, and the pickup date View Post
Talk about your Free-Bees!
I've been out all day at a parent-child IMSA orientation, so let me just leave you with a little light viewing material this evening! MashupDad has had a few swarm traps out in our yard and at friends' & neighbors' homes this year. What's a swarm View Post
DIY Beeswax Lip Balm
Here's another tutorial from MashupDad, who's been busy lately making his own DIY beeswax lip balm. It's actually taken quite a while to collect and render enough pure beeswax from his beehives to use in crafts and cosmetics, but he'll tell you a View Post
It’s Good to be Queen!
Sorry for the blurry photo -- but: Moving insects through glass in a dark garage! In this snapshot from MashupDad's observation hive, though, you can see how the other honeybees naturally start to circle around and attend the queen bee, and can also View Post
A snapshot of our week — Birds and bees, bears and bacon salsa…
My mom and her fiancé have been visiting from out of town this week, so we've been running all around the area for the past few days. Yesterday, for instance, we took a ride up to the Cabela's in Hoffman Estates -- where we found this lovely View Post
Setting Up an Observation Beehive — MashupDad’s New Toy!
Another post from MashupDad this week, because he's been as busy as a... OK, I have to say it... as a bee! I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that he'd built and set up an observation beehive this year, so here he'll tell you more about that View Post
