Beekeeping: Springtime Challenges and Joys

Beekeeping: Springtime Challenges and Joys

Apr 11, 2016 | Beekeeping

It’s Springtime! Honey flow in Oklahoma is about mid-late April through the last of June. And that’s when the real work of beekeeping happens. The lack of consistent rain and the heat of summer causes the nectar of most flowers to dry up – preventing...
Beekeeper Update: Springtime Activity!

Beekeeper Update: Springtime Activity!

May 9, 2015 | Beekeeping

For many farmers who deal with crops and animals, spring and summer are a busy time till harvest. For beekeepers around here, harvest of honey is early-mid July. The Natural Rhythm As we talked about before, splitting the hives always comes in spring, along with all...

Beekeeping Update: Splitting the Hive

May 9, 2015 | Beekeeping

I was raised on a working farm. So, the upswing of activity toward spring was like storm clouds in the west. You knew it was coming, and it could – and probably would be – rough. So I’m a beekeeper now, and the month of April was a harking back to...