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 trap? Well, when honey bees get too crowded in …
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 little bit more about that below. So: Here's how to make beeswax …
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 see how much larger she is than the others. Read on, because he …
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 gnome-eating owl statue! What do you think; does …
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 process. Setting Up an Observation Beehive I've been beekeeping for …
Good morning... and May the Fourth be with you! 😉 I think that Mr. 10's pose here pretty much expresses how this week has unfolded. Is it just me, or does May always seem to get crazy as the end of the school year approaches and everything somehow has to cram into a few short weeks? So: Let me …