Swarms of Honeybees

Making a plan...

Now this is a swarm of bees...

 

Slowly and cautiously...

The bee truck comes in handy...literally!

How do I get 40.000 bees into a container?

 

 

 

 

 

Bread, Cheese, Comb Honey and Wine…

Lots of History in the Logo

Welcome to Greenvale Vineyards where we sampled our products

Assembling all the talent for the show...

So it’s 10:00am on Wednesday and I am at Greenvale Vineyards with fresh bread, Asiago Cheese, and our comb honey…

Bread is sliced, comb honey spread on with asiago on top...

Batter up and on deck too!

Maggie, put the coffee away and try this...

By far the most wonderful compliment to our pairings this morning.

Do I see look of contemplation or determination?

I think Maggie likes this aspect of work.

and the bee geek

Thank You Nancy, Maggie and staff at Greenvale Vineyards for bringing Aquidneckhoney products to your customers. We had great fun this morning with you all!

Harvesting Comb Honey

Here we have a healthy Honey bee hive with great numbers of bees in the honey super. I must gently convince the bees to return to the lower sections of the hive so I can remove the super.

Upon closer examination, we can see larvae in this photo and near the bottom a full pollen sac.

Ok, honey super is nearly free from bees and in the kitchen. Here we will portion out the Comb Honey.

As frames are pulled from the super, the pins which retain the wax foundation are removed to help free the comb from the wooden frame.

The wooden frame is cut from the Comb Honey and removed

Here is the tool which cuts out a large portion of Comb Honey to fit nicely into a proper fitting container.

Looks so good...

Packaged and ready for your table.

Thank You for looking!

Jeff the bee man

Over The Ibeams And Through The Woods

Come along now girls. We have a new home for you…

Getting all the necessary gear to get the job done

Over the Ibeams and Through The Woods We Go.

A clean little patch of open space for two new hives.

I am pleasantly surprised at the quality of workmanship my friend Luke did on his hives.

Very nice job!

Now, to get them into the new hive…

Looking at the Queen HoneyBee in her own compartment with attendants and all!

Adding the rest of the 10 frames to make the hive cozy.

That a a wrap! Bee Keeping 101. We are looking for more volunteers to help re-build bee frames that cannot bee used any longer. Come on, Bee part of the pollination solution. Join Aquidneckhoney today!

Thanks for looking!

Jeff the bee man

Volunteers Assist in making Bee Hive Frames

Today we host Kathleen and Ryan on site to assist with rebuilding Bee Hive Frames

Looks like a lot, but this is nothing...

Say hello to Kathleen and Ryan as they learn that it is not all rainbows and Bees bee-hind working on the hives

Deep in thought cleaning the old wax out of the frames and inserting a new wax foundation for the bees to build out.

Getting into the groove of what they are doing

...Look over here for a second...

Thank You Kathleen and Ryan for spending a little time with us this afternoon. We appreciate your interest and help!

Queen Of The Sun Movie

Jane Pickens Theater

Thank You to Jane Pickens for having us tonight and Newportinbloom for the movie. The Queen Of The Sun was incredible and really demonstrates the grave importance of what we do at Aquidneckhoney. We all have a responsibility to local sustainable healthy food. Honeybees are at the very bee-ginning of the whole process. Support your local chemical free bee keeper…No Bees = No Farms = No FOOD!

Representing at The Jane Pickens Theater.

Thank You to all who attended. Please spread the word…

http://www.queenofthesun.com bee movie, pollination, importance of honeybees

No matter what or where, I will come and rescue the honeybees…

A swarm of Honey bees took shelter on a beach umbrella this afternoon

First, lets move the bees away from the very interested crowd

Bees moved, not time to rescue them...

Locating the queen is the key to a successful relocation effort. I found her!

Locating the queen honey bee is key to a successful relocation project.

Another wild honeybee hive is going to bee relocated to a safe hive for them to grow and work their magic in the eco system! Tonight, we are attending the http://www.queenofthesun.com at the Jane Pickens Theater in Newport RI. Please come and join us. This film affects all of us!

Thanks for reading!

Jeff the bee man