Searching for Queens
Today, I will be getting into my hives, with one specific purpose. I need to find queens. In the image below, the two white boxes were once a single hive owned by my mentor. The one in the middle is…
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SB Farm Update
Well, I have truly been busy and somewhat unproductive in regards to the website and blog. Some updates, though: Completed Beekeeping 101 with Purchased and assembled a Beecastle deep/medium hive Received a deep/medium hive from along with a swarm…
Beecastle 10 Frame Hive
Just an update, I bought a 10 frame beehive I have a friend who suggested that I did not need to buy anything, because he has plenty of equipment, but I wanted my first hive to be new. Since…
Beekeeping – Getting Started
Getting a mentor We attended a beginning beekeeping class with the Colonial Beekeepers around 2012. But we were not in a position to start keeping bees and were not ready to do so. We are in different circumstances now, and…
Managing a Website
You many or may not have noticed that the Scuttlebutt Farm website has been down. It has been redesigned. And the content which was previously located here is no longer. It appears that despite using backup manager, some plugins to…