August 2025 - Streamlining the Struggle Bus

 Life is all about perspective -- and to illustrate that, I'm going to suggest this picture I took of one of our ladies out in the field.  Your first inclination might be that the picture CLEARLY is oriented the wrong way, that I forgot to rotate it before posting.  Look again.... rotate your phone (if on mobile) so the bee is "right side up."  Betcha see pretty quick how wrong that looks now!  First impressions, eh?

So with that new perspective in mind, let's delve into this topsy turvy Spring and Summer we've been having and what it means for the bees, the honey, and (gulp) price adjustments.

Selling Honey @ Pittsburgh Car Bazaar, Penn & 6th St Garage - April 10 and 24

   

The Pittsburgh Car Bazaar at Penn & 6th St Garage this past weekend was a great success for us! I realize now that I read that-- in my head-- in Borat's voice. I would not read it out loud like that, or at least I would not admit to it. But I digress...  It was great to meet many of you and we will be BACK for the April 24th Car Bazaar! Here's how the first one went:

Starting Our Fifth Year of Beekeeping & Winter Update

 

There's a joke in beekeeper circles that everyone becomes an expert in year three....  and then humbled again by year five. Or... something like that. I think we've been pretty humbled from the start (!) but are certainly older and wiser than we were five years ago and eager to start a new season. So let me start by giving a little update on where we screwed up last fall. Yeah.  HUMBLED.

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Total Fall honey harvest this year is 104 pounds. Which is interesting, because many Beekeepers are reporting huge year-over-year shortfalls due to the drought we've been having, but we're only 5 pounds less than last year.

Timing the Fall Honey Harvest

 

This year's fall honey harvest has been a tricky one. A lot of beekeepers are reporting very low yields and the state is considering it a "failed crop." We have fared better (we think?) but it has not been without its challenges.