Did a quick check of the two hives on the restaurant roof early this afternoon. Helen still has the smoker, so I suited up and checked them without it. Not always advisable! But although they were a little annoyed, no bees stung me. To distinguish among the hives this year, as we will soon have [...]
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Splitting and checking
Posted in Hive check, Preparations, Uncategorized, tagged Hive check, urban beekeeping on May 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
News, bad news
Posted in Hive check, Preparations on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A short note…My fears about the South hive really have gotten to a critical point. After consulting with a couple beekeepers I’ve been in touch with, including Larry Krengel, who teaches a class via McHenry County College that I flitted into briefly this spring, I’ve concluded that all this lack of activity in South is [...]
Legal
Posted in Preparations on May 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
May 28 Just a quick note–our state registration information has arrived, so I’m now an officially registered beekeeper. Not that I think that’s a necessary distinction, but it means we’re all legal now. Thankfully, the bees are doing a good job of keeping out of the way, and flying pretty high from the roof. –Slim
Bees moved
Posted in Hive check, Preparations, tagged beekeeping, burr comb, Langstroth hive on May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
May 2 to May 4 On Thursday night, a few of our errant bees got into an exhaust fan leading out of the restaurant’s prep kitchen–all the way into the basement. Helen called, and Joe and I went over to the roof Friday night, and moved the bees a little farther away from the vents. [...]
Bees, installed-2
Posted in Preparations, tagged beekeeping, installing bees, queen cages on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, the bees arrived Wednesday, and they facinated our son, Milo. He’s been enthusiastic about hats since he first noticed them, and gets gleeful every time he sees a bee veil and panama hat. He calls them “hat bees.” Perhaps he associated the bees with the hats, because he found them intriguing too. Here he [...]
Bees, installed-1
Posted in Preparations, tagged beekeeping, Chicago on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The bees arrived Wednesday, as my brother-in-law waited to leave for the airport after a short business trip and visit to Chicago. Helen Cameron, my old friend Joe Ronne and I installed the bees Thursday, with little mishap. On Sunday, I checked to make sure the queens had gotten out of their cages, and they [...]
OK, here we are
Posted in Preparations on May 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
On a rooftop, keeping bees….The bees aren’t in Rogers Park, but they’re two blocks away, and that’s where I am, thus the name. Because of nickname someone gave me a while back, I’m using the signoff of “Slim,” but I’m really Liam Ford. –Slim
