Now that we have the site for the apiary completed, it’s time to build the actual hive. As you may remember (if you have read our blog), Santa hooked us up with a complete hive kit from Mann Lake Ltd. The kit came nicely boxed with everything we needed to construct the hive (a bottom […]

     As we live in a neighborhood, I was concerned about having to cut grass around the new hive,and was wondering if cutting grass around them would in anyway provoke or irritate the bees. When I asked this question at the Central Alabama Beekeeper Association, the short answer was “No, the bees don’t care if you […]

     Our hive stand took only a few hours to build, but it actually took place over a couple of days. I got a late start on Friday (4:30 p.m.) and the dark caught me. I got the pieces cut, put everything away and called it a day. Bright and fairly early on Saturday, I got […]