It's been a few months since I have written a blog post. It's not that we haven't checked in on the Girlz, it's that there hasn't been...

MITE MITIGATION: 08/15/21 Each one of the dark spots on Robbin's gloves (above) is a stinger left by a bee. There are more on the palms...

HIVE INSPECTIONS: 08/08/21 Up until this past weekend, the last few trips to the apiary have been ... boring. But that is good! Boring is...

HIVE INSPECTIONS: 06/26/21 & 07/10/21 There is no drama at the apiary. None. Zip. Zilch. Nada. So much so that we finally felt...

HIVE INSPECTION: 06/13/21 I'll get this out of the way first. I got stung. A single sting to the ring finger on my right hand, a hand...

HIVE INSPECTION 05/31/21 Due to the massive amounts of rain the past couple of weeks we were not able to check on the Girlz for over 2...

HIVE INSPECTION & SPLIT 05/14/21 Things finally went as we expected. For the most part. Per our usual MO, we started with HIVES B, C and...

HIVE INSPECTION: 05/09/21 SIGH. I’ll get to the Spice Girlz in a bit. NUC HIVES B & D and SPLIT HIVE C had pretty decent activity in and...

HIVE INSPECTION: 05/02/21 We had a plan. We started working the plan. Unfortunately the Spice Girlz had a different plan. (Quick info on...

HIVE INSPECTION: 04/25/21 Here is a photo of a man with new respect for bees. I bought a smaller full suit over the weekend (when we...

NUC INSTALLATION: 4/24/21 After picking up two new queens on Friday, we made the trip back out to Texas Bee Supply to pick up 2 NUCs. A...

04/23/21 Introducing the new royal members of the Nob Hill Apiary Prior to losing our weak hive, we had already ordered 2 new queens for...

HIVE INSPECTION: 03/28/21 First things first: HE IS OK. But the weekend of hell continues. We went back to the ranch again today to drop...

HIVE INSPECTION: 03/27/21 Absolutely heartbreaking day at the ranch. 💔💔💔 We lost our weak hive from the freeze after all. Don’t know...