All About the Bees

Spring Activity: Bee Rescue and Black Locust Trees

Bee Rescue On Saturday, a bee-loving resident called us to ask us if we could help her save some bees - honey bees were congregating on a...

Successful Collaborators

Forward by Valerie Just Greetings, all! Spring has sprung in Iowa, and our bees are getting geared up for a busy season! We feel...

Float Like a Butterfly. Sting Like a Bee...

2020 Honey Harvest

Basswood Bloom July 10, 2020 Update John extracted honey this week - he probably extracted about 180 pounds, which should just be the...

Murderous Hornets

Resources New York Times CBS National Geographic Sound menacing? Perhaps the description conjures up thoughts of a super-villain, or an...

Just Apiary Spring Happenings!

Note: Video provided after this write-up. We went out this weekend to check on our two apiaries - one on our property in Des Moines, and...

The Girls Arrive From California!

We lost 3 colonies this winter - it is a very sad time for us when that happens. We debated about just making splits this spring to...

Mason Bee House: PVC Pipe

I recently had the opportunity to tour the Plant Introduction Station at Iowa State University. They are conducting crop research using...

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