

National Forest Laurel Sumac
As temperatures have been stretching up into the high 90ºF's and with no rain on the horizon the nectarflow forecast doesn't look too...


Bumblebee Sighting!
Bumblebees (Bombus) have been on the decline in the past decade in southern California. The Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)...


Season's First Queens
We use our very best gentle, hygenic stock to raise our own queens. The new queen then emerges from her cell in her new hive. But...


Grafting for Queens
In a nutshell, requeening goes a little like this: We take a frame of freshly hatched larvae. Using a dental implement looking tool or...


Blueberry Pollination
Around Valentines day we took half of our bees to blueberries. It's an opportunity to make a decent amount in pollination contracts and...


Sunflowers In Bloom!
Sunflowers include a large group of flowers belonging to the genus Helianthus. With more than 60 varieties including H. annuus, H....


Off to Almonds!
And just like that, almond pollination season has arrived in central California. We started moving our bees out of the almond orchards...


Beekeeping in España
This November, I had the opportunity to attend Spain's annual Honey Conference, held this year in province of Cordoba in Southern Spain....