A Fresh Look and Another Start
Photos from this post will look different from the last one since spring is finally making an appearance in central Minnesota. We are starting to see green grass peeking through the brown, the sun warming the days after cool nights, and some Minnesotans wearing shorts at the first sign of a 60 degree high-temp for the day. All hands were busy helping us get the hives ready last weekend. The kids are taking a particular interest in helping this year, and we are excited to teach them skills for beekeeping whenever we can. Mr. Bee made the 90-mile trip yesterday to pick up our four, two-pound packages of Carniolan honeybees, and so it was what we call "Bee Day." It's hard to describe how lovely it was to hear that humming sound of that many bees again. This time of year can be frustrating in our area, mostly due to the weather. We hardly ever know when the snow is really gone or when spring has actually arrived, and we watch as hard as we can for s...