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Bees may have a home!!

tyler — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:13:25 +0000

Chris Saad of Honey Trails and I spent 2 and 1/2 hours today with the folks behind Pushing the Envelope Farm. Essentially what they have is 13 to 14 acres of property that is adjacent to the Continental Envelope factory in Geneva, IL. Actually, the owners of Continental Envelope, and their family [...]

First day with the bees

tyler — Fri, 07 May 2010 03:09:12 +0000

Unfortunately my bees arrived while I was out Storm Chasing and so Melissa and the girls had to go pick them up for me. Chris Saad of Honey Trails was gracious enough to not only let me place my hive on his property (hopefully temporarily) but also to hive my bees for me. [...]

Ignorance & Fear & Bees

tyler — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:01:56 +0000

Unfortunately, the world is full of ignorant people. I don’t mean that in a derogatory way, it is a state of being. When ignorance is combined with irrational fear, it becomes a potent force. One that can not be fought easily and without personal cost. Combining the two conditions you get a near [...]

Busy few weeks ahead

tyler — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:57:47 +0000

I have a bunch of projects in the works that need to happen before I head out to the great plains to go storm chasing with the folks at the College of DuPage at the end of the month.

Wire up the Jeep for two batteries

I have a dual battery rig being delivered [...]

The bees are coming!!

tyler — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:25:13 +0000

I’m just about finished with my bee keeping class. I have my notes put together and I think I’m ready. I’ve paid my $75 for the bees and I’m anxiously awaiting their arrival sometime in mid April.

I also picked up my bee hive from Honey Trails as well as a couple extra pieces [...]

Beekeeping 101…Class begins

tyler — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:22:52 +0000

I started my beekeeping class last night at the Wheaton Park District. There were about 20 people in the class and the instructor said the class was full in early December. I had heard the waiting list was at least 10 deep at one point. Many of the folks were around my age and [...]