Bottom of the Blue Ridge Apiary LLC

04/23/2020

I can't catch a break this year

04/23/2020

And yet here we go again! Between wood, bees, labor and workmanship pushing around $500!!! Fu***ng bears!!! Less than 50ft from my front door!

04/05/2020

So this is a honeybee swarm. Kinda early in my opinion but I'm not a professional. When they do this it means the hive they came from is to full. So half the bees and a new queen they produced or the old queen leaves with about half the bees. This is technically how the reproduce into more colonies. I big misconception is people are scared of them. When their in this position they will not sting at all. When they sting you their protecting their hive. What's going on here is they fly so far cause the queen isn't really made for flying a lot and find somewhere to wait. Then they have what are called scout bees which go out in search if a new suitable hive location. Then they come back and tell all the bees they found a new home and all the bees follow them. Been going through a lot lately will try to keep everybody posted if I have extra bees or honey to sell.

08/09/2019

I got all the bees to go back in the hive this morning. And now I go out and the whole colony is gone.

08/08/2019

Varroa mite. They have none on them.

Found on Google from sandpaw.weblogs.anu.edu.au

07/19/2019

This is called "bearding" its what the bees do on hot days to regulate the temperature in the hive.

07/19/2019

This is what the bees look like on a in the 90°s humid day.

06/04/2019

So yesterday I had an awesome thing happen to me. I was putting a blade on my lawn mower and a car pulled into the driveway. Of course everyone knows I live at the end of a road in the country so visitors are rare. A guy gets out and says he's looking for an apiary called "Bottom of the Blue Ridge" I said this is it how can I help you? He said he and his partner would like a look at the hives. So I gave them a little tour. Showed them a few things and told them some things. They asked about honey and such and I told them I had some for sale if they liked. I brought them a jar and 2 spoons and they said it was amazing and bought it. They gave me a 5 star rating on Google and they were from North Carolina. Just thought it was very cool that they found me out and visited!