Hill Rag

The Hill Rag, a local Capitol Hill newspaper, recently printed an article on urban beekeeping. I might know that guy named "Kurt."

Another Bee Video

Karl had to replace the screen cover of the hive this past weekend as too many bees were still escaping on to the porch. The kids and I are out of town so he had a bit more time on his hands, and he made a video of the process. As he says, if you have nothing else to do but watch paint dry, you might enjoy it. He did post it on the local new beekeepers listserv and got some nice comments. He also got some unsolicited advice on the several things a more experienced beekeeper thought he was doing wrong!

Birthday Cake

I guess I'm not the only one in the family who can bake a cake. Karl made a German chocolate cake the other day for my birthday. Delicious.

A Hive on a Porch

It's about time I posted pictures of the hive. We live in a city in a row house that has a second floor sleeping porch. The porch is on the south side of the house and runs the length of our back room -- it's about 5 feet wide by 20 feet long.

Karl placed the hive on a stand on the far end of the porch. There is a slit through the exterior wall through which a little tunnel built on the landing platform allows bees to go in and out.








The following picture is of Karl installing the nuc into the hive on May 1st.


After just a week, Karl opened the hive to make sure the queen was there and all was well. The bees already had made quite a bit of honey. You can see where the honey is already capped.



Can you spot the queen? It's sort of like a Where's Waldo book.