So last week I went out to the bee yard to check the progress of my hive not intending to harvest any honey yet. But once I got there the bees had nearly filled the 5th super on the hive (bottom two are for brood/pollen the middle one is a mix of honey/brood/pollen [...]
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Last weekend we headed out of Chicago at a normal time in the morning with plans to hit the Mac Wood’s Dune Rides up at Silver Lake. It just so happened that lunch time put us near Benton Harbor, MI so I used my iPhone to do a search for a [...] 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 [...] Looking back over the past few months I realize that MyChicagoGarden hasn’t posted anything about gardens. How can that be?! Anyway….here’s what I can tell you. We have a garden. It’s very small. At least by my measurements. I have 3 cabbage plants (on the right in the picture) that are growing [...] 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. [...] |
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