Bees love compost. Bees use smell as well as the famous waggle dance to navigate a location. Smell, warmth, consistency and convenience combine to attract honeybees. Smell It’s easier to follow a smell than to take the time to ask for directions to the cleanest watering hole. Honeybees are attracted to my pool water. Chlorine
The Country Today Reports on Sweet Mountain Farm Judy Brown, correspondent, The Country Today, traveled to Washington Island last week to interview Sweet Mountain Farm for a feature story. It was a pleasure to talk about how our business has grown over the last few years. The story focuses on major progress in our bee and honey
How to Tap a Sugar Maple Some additional quick facts: 10-20 gallons sap/tree 40-42 gallons sap/gallon syrup Minimum tree diameter is 10″ or a 31″ circumference Tap 5/16″ , 4′ off ground, 15 degree angle, 2″ deep Finished syrup is 66% sugar Syrup is 7 degrees above the boiling point of water. Boiling temperature changes
Bee Friendly Chicago Millennium Park This photo was taken by my daughter Emily on our trip last Sunday to The Art Institute of Chicago. Imagine Emily spying a beehive as we cross the bridge into the heavily visited Millennium Park located in the heart of Chicago. The hive is not on a rooftop, it is
Question from East Central Wisconsin Beekeepers Association: Q: The club members, me included, have a lot of trouble getting our hives through winter. Last year was a disaster for most; this year with slightly warmer temperatures the members seem to be doing better. Do you have any specific recommendations to maximize survival which you could
