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Photo Essay: Comings and Goings of the Past Week

May 1, 2020

This week it has rained quite a bit on Cape Cod. We’ve had stolen glimpses of sunshine and took full advantage of those infrequent moments. Living in the Northeast, I always feel that we are behind much of the country. We still don’t have any leaves on our trees yet, although we can finally see …

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Mating Bumblebees: A Rare Glimpse

October 5, 2016

Yesterday was so hectic for me. I’ve been getting up so early for my son to catch the bus each and every morning. Yes, I’m that early bird, catching the worm everyday at 5:30 am. I worked for a few hours and then ran tons of errands, went food shopping, played taxi driver for the …

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Country Living Fair- Nashville 2016

April 29, 2016

Last week, I was off to the Country Living Fair Nashville. I had a blast speaking about backyard chickens and beekeeping. I got to meet lots of peeps and sign a bunch of my books too! I just adore going to these fairs because to me, it is like a little slice of heaven. The people …

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12 More Beekeeping Tips for Newbies

March 26, 2016

I’m now headed into my 5th year of beekeeping. Today I wanted to share some of my favorite beekeeping tips. Over the years, I’ve learned quite a lot and have had plenty of successes and failures. Some of those were expected and some of those were unexpected. That seems to be the course for keeping …

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Starting Beekeeping? Top 10 Tips

February 8, 2016

Getting bees this year? Here are my top 10 tips for those thinking of starting beekeeping. 1. Educate Yourself. Read all that you can about starting beekeeping. Educate yourself prior to jumping into this hobby. It can be an expensive hobby and mistakes can be easily made. 2. Purchase Local Bees. Try to purchase local bees …

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Beekeeping Hive Maintainance

A Mouse in the Beehive

December 7, 2015

Earlier this fall I learned that one of my weaker beehives had succumb to wax moths. It was awful and disgusting. So I removed some of the salvageable frames that I could and cleaned them up as best I could. I placed them into the deeps and put them off to the side- outside near …

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Seasonal Recipes for Feeding Honeybees

September 29, 2015

As beekeepers, there come times when we need to feed our bees or offer them up reserves to help them get through dearths and winter. New colonies should be fed so that they can quickly build out new comb for the queen to lay and for them to store their foraged pollen and nectar. Existing …

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Lavender Bees

July 13, 2015

This week is the peak of lavender season here at Tilly’s Nest. Lavender and bees go hand in hand. Purple is a favorite color of bees and the lavender is simply divine to these girls. They flit quickly from flower to flower sipping nectar. The lavender is a nectar source. Did you …

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How to Catch A Honeybee Swarm

June 16, 2015

Today I learned how to catch a honeybee swarm. I keep two beehives across town at my Mom’s house. Her father was a beekeeper so when I asked about keeping a couple of hives at her place, she and my step-dad were quite supportive of the idea. It reminded her of growing up as …

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Dealing with Mean Bees

May 18, 2015

I have a cranky beehive. They’re what I call mean bees. It’s not fun when this happens. They are down right nasty. They chase me from the vegetable garden and I can’t go on the side of the property with the hive or they hit me in the head and bat at my face until …

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Photo Essay: Comings and Goings of the Past Week

Mating Bumblebees: A Rare Glimpse

Country Living Fair- Nashville 2016

12 More Beekeeping Tips for Newbies

Starting Beekeeping? Top 10 Tips

A Mouse in the Beehive

Seasonal Recipes for Feeding Honeybees

Lavender Bees

How to Catch A Honeybee Swarm

Dealing with Mean Bees

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