BEE READY.

All this spring blooming and warm weather forced us to finally get the beehives completely ready for the arrival of our two little colonies!  I am so anxious for them to get here!  We (Jesse) finished constructing the supers and frames and then I painted all the outsides of the boxes, to weatherproof them.  We ended up selecting a very light, sun-reflecting shade of yellow that is not unlike the color of honey (*thanks, Kathy, for the suggestion!*)  I am rereading a lot of my bee books lately and it has me falling in love all over again, remembering this early passion of mine and why I even started farming in the first place.  The beautiful relationship between the farmer and the earth, and what happens when we are good husbands to nature.  We can't wait to watch these bees, to learn from them and hopefully help them along enough for us (and our shareholders!) to enjoy a bit of their sweet honey by the year's end.- Hannah.