Spring is finally here and the bees are booming.  I got the observation hive in my house restocked and installed and got the new observation hive at Brookside Nature Center, that was donated by our club, all set up.  Well, Read More …

[My proofreader, Mrs. BeeGeorgeHoney, wanted to make sure that everyone understands that I am really not complaining but just being my normal sarcastic tongue- in-cheek self].   Come on, this is getting ridiculous.  How much beekeeping equipment do I really need?  Read More …

My beekeeping March is best summed up by a phone call I recently made to our County Extension Agent: “Please take me off this year’s swarm catcher list.  All my available slots for new colonies are filled, and all my Read More …

Well another month and another snow storm!  Last month as I sat here and wrote this letter it was snowing and now today, it’s snowing again.  I love/hate this weather. What are the advantages of belonging to a beekeeping club Read More …

I just finished looking at the National Weather Service page for Montgomery County MD, and I see the Winter That Wouldn’t Quit is still in business.  I am reminded of the time I sat on an oral exam board for Read More …

First, a warm welcome to all our new members, who are now in the process of taking the Short Course and will soon be operating their very own hives.  Great to have you as new members of the MCBA.  Opening Read More …

As I sit here looking out the window at snow, snow and more snow, it is hard to imagine that spring is just around the corner.  It’s toward the end of January as my fingers mash the keyboard.  Temperatures warm Read More …

Accuse me of going soft if you like, but nothing made me appreciate the normally balmy Southern winter quite as much as the recent spate of cold waves.  To put that into perspective, the last time Dothan Alabama schools had Read More …

This is my first article as president of our club and it makes me a little nervous.  You see, I have a long history of learning from my mistakes — as I make a lot of mistakes — so I Read More …

On a very hot Saturday in early October, the Harvest Festival was in full swing. The festival was attended by about 3,336 visitors, mostly young kids with moms and dads in tow. The corn maze, the make-your-own bouquet of flowers Read More …