Category Archives: What’s going on..

Just little blurbs about what I’m up to (why I haven’t added real content).

A Thursday I’d like to forget.

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Jason

It all started out like any other day.  Jada has been driving me crazy for weeks to take her fishing before the weather got bad.  One advantage of home-schooling is the flexibility in schedule.  After getting permission from the teacher … Continue reading →

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So why haven’t I been posting?

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Jason

I am preparing for honey extraction this coming weekend.  Tomorrow after work, escape boards will be placed on 5 hives.  Then Thursday the supers will be pulled from those hives and the escape boards will be placed on 5 other … Continue reading →

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Sorry for being MIA

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Jason

It has been too long since a post has been made on LetMBee.com.  I apologize for the delay.  I went on a two week vacation salmon fishing on Lake Michigan out of the Manistee River.  The camp ground I stayed … Continue reading →

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What to do?

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Jason

This year has been busy thus far.  Things were hot and heavy through May and June, but now there aren’t as many pressing issues until extraction time.  There are some laggard hives, but for the most part all the production … Continue reading →

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Chicken Feed :\

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Jason

Recently a friend of mine noticed a drop off in activity of a hive.  I visited it about 2 weeks ago.  There was definitely a problem that needed attention, but there were a ton of people around.  I did not … Continue reading →

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Back to square 1

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Jason

This is not really a bee matter.  Just wanted to keep you posted as to why more material is not being generated. After having the new CPU and motherboard for a week, many hours on the phone with tech support, … Continue reading →

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Status update on the computer

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Jason

I know I had mentioned a post about top bar hives for this Friday, but it’s only about 60% done. The new hardware for the computer arrived and was installed. Unfortunately something is wrong because it will not boot. Far … Continue reading →

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Hardware on order

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Jason

The hardware is on order for the main computer.  Hope to bee up and running soon. If you are looking for something interesting check out what Sam is up to over at SamsWildBees.

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Crazy Tuesday

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Jason

Tuesday morning started out awesome.  We got our first rain since 5/7/12.  I was up working on a post about record keeping.  Holly came in with word of a chicken suffering from a leg problem.  We removed the bird evaluated it … Continue reading →

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First bee education experience

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Jason

Last week I had the opportunity to speak to Jada’s 4-H group about something I like to talk about.  Holly said something months ago about meeting the group for a basic introduction to bees.  Time passed and I had not … Continue reading →

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