Not that many Spring showers just yet; but beautiful flowers, chickens, and bees... Which means lots of pics for you!! Today was especially nice out so I spent some time wandering around taking closeups of the flowers and in particular the white plum trees right by our front door. The bees are ALL OVER this stuff. I'm almost a little scared to spend too much time around these trees because you can really hear the bees buzzing. As we sit in our living room we can see them as they go about their work. I didn't get any real good pics of the bumble bees but they are out there too..they keep banging their heads on the living room window to get my attention.
The chicken coop should be all done this weekend. When Dingo gets back from work today were going to paint the sides and get things ready for her grandfather tomorrow to come with his tools and the rest of the wood we cut and pieced together on Easter. We originally were going to make a large square coop, that seemed simple enough... but I bought the wrong kind of wood and my woodworking skills are nil..so it was not very stable. I took it apart and we went to get the right wood and found some plans on the internet for a basic A-Frame style coop which will fit our needs nicely. Having Dingo's Dad and Grandfather helping construct it was a big help. We'll get some pics of the chickens in their new home when its all done.We did an inspection before Easter and things are looking good for the two remaining hives. We saw allot of larvae in different stages..some fully developed some just starting out in their combs. I must have accidentally hit on of the bees when I was moving the frames around because we found a bee walking around without his abdomen. My friends at beemaster.com said it happens all the time but it sure did take me by surpise when I saw it..just a bee head and wings running around the frame. There are a
few good solid frames of honey but I am going to wait until after the spring buildup to take anything from them for my first harvest.. I'm excited but I've waited this long so no hurry! As a bonus - I made a video ~2 mins of the bees going in and out of their hive. ENJOY!
