The B Word

-Honey bee
-Apis mellifera
-The most important creature on the planet 🐝

The B Word journals my adventure in backyard beekeeping, starting as an absolute newbee to who knows where…

Most recent posts are linked below. Or you can start on day one, or go to the archive of all posts.

 
Hot off the Press:
Is this even worth it!?
Is this even worth it!?

On inspection day, I start out all excited and end by seriously asking myself if keeping bees is worth all this. Yes, really. I’m suited up from head to toe…

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That's what you get!
That's what you get!

Last time, I told you that the girls still weren’t building comb in the honey super and that I’d have to figure out what to do about that. It didn’t take much…

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No news is good news
No news is good news

My apologies for not blogging in a month, but as the saying goes, no news is good news. Aside from being distracted by the new chicken coop, it has either been…

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Here are the last 12 posts:

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Is this even worth it!?
Is this even worth it!?
That's what you get!
That's what you get!
No news is good news
No news is good news
Trying that two hives thing again
Trying that two hives thing again
Two hives was a bust
Two hives was a bust
The Diva and The Queen
The Diva and The Queen
Two hives: two different kinds of drama.
Two hives: two different kinds of drama.
Bee college brain leakage
Bee college brain leakage
I wanna be a Bee Nerd!
I wanna be a Bee Nerd!
Two From One
Two From One
It's Groundhog Day!
It's Groundhog Day!
Guess what?
Guess what?

More: all posts
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Also see The C Word, my backyard chicken blog

 

Disclaimer

I am a new beekeeper in North Florida. I got my very first bees on 8/4/19. This is my beekeeping blog to document my personal journey and although I try my best to be correct, I do not guarantee the accuracy of any information provided here.