Not that you haven’t enough to do in early autumn, wrapping up summer’s harvest and processing crops and honey – but sometime in late September or so, your schedule may slow down and you can...
Posts by Susan Thomas
All those features described in the previous article on distinguishing bees and wasps (please see "Bees or Wasps | How to Tell Them Apart") are well and good when the insect sits relatively still...
Our EJBees Swarm Coordinator receives many-a phone call from people claiming to have a swarm of honey bees in their yard or home, most or many of which turn out to be yellow jacket wasps around their...
Holiday Gathering at Chimacum Grange: 9572 Rhody Drive (Hwy 19), Chimacum, WA December 2, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. Greetings EJBees! Let’s celebrate the holiday season together...
A beekeeping friend wondered what could be eating big holes in her lettuce leaves. I asked whether they were very nice ROUND holes……why, yes indeed, they were, said she! AHA!...
July to early August is not too late to think about autumn fodder for your bees. Especially if your apiary is in a rural area, there is a late summer's “dearth” around the corner, when the...