Author Archives: anwestover

Fall is late in coming to Texas this year. We had eighty-degree weather this weekend, and I finally mustered up the will to take a look at the hives. Historically I haven’t taken honey from my bees in the fall. … Continue reading →

(Texas) My bees are like neglected children. Life has intervened to prevent me from attending to my honey harvesting duties of pulling honey-filled supers from my hives. The largest hive (5 supers tall) had a deep super on top above … Continue reading →

(Texas) Thursday evening I headed over to Paul’s house to check on the requeened hive. I needed to confirm that the new queen had been released from her queen cage. And if not, then manually release her. It was a … Continue reading →

(Texas) Last week the queen I ordered from Bee Weaver Apiaries arrived. The plan was to requeen one of my hives at Paul’s house. Some might find it strange, a queen bee delivered in the US mail. Not only was … Continue reading →

(Texas) I finally started something I have intended to do for sometime: to convert my hybrid top-bar hive to a Langstroth (traditional) hive. I have one remaining hive that carries the genetics (and the hardware) of my father’s old hives … Continue reading →

Whenever someone talks to me about their desire to start beekeeping and what they need to do, I always advise an early start. Get your orders in months in advance, don’t wait until spring is upon us. But I find … Continue reading →

You may recall that my two hives at Paul’s house have been struggling mightily, having been devastated by a brutal summer. Paul has been working hard to support the hives through the winter by feeding them sugar syrup. The syrup … Continue reading →

I have two hives in East Dallas, that originated from my very first hive that I had housed in Plano in a friend’s backyard. Before this weekend, it had been a very long time since I had checked on these … Continue reading →