On February 16, 2017, the NY Times ran a full length article in the Business section about the puzzling decline of our honeybee population. We’ve seen hive loss with our beehives in NJ, but the article’s focus was on large commercial beekeepers who...
My friends Ed and Mary from E&M Gold beekeepers stopped by a few weeks ago to treat the beehives with oxalic acid or wood bleach. In this bee update, Ed visits the barn and talks about the the invasive Varroa mite and how and why he uses oxalic acid to treat the...
In this video, I take an end of season look at the beehives with professional beekeepers Ed and Mary from E&M Gold Beekeepers and get the hives ready for winter. I also review the fall vegetable garden that we planted with the help of the Park Seed Company...
Learn how to burn in a beeswax finish on a steel table using a hand torch. The steel work table will be used outside and the beeswax finish acts as a nice rust-inhibitor and it looks really nice. I use the Bernzomatic TS 8000 torch for this project....
Learn how to make a solar wax melter to melt beeswax that was comes from the beehive. The wax will be used to make encaustic paint for my art projects and I might also use the melted beeswax to make wood finishing oils for furniture. Learn all the tools and tips...
Here’s a video on my bees swarming and the swarm trap I made to catch them in the future. Also, check out the two still life paintings I made that were inspired by the artists Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud. You can also see some of their famous...
The new bees arrived today (March 25th)…a little early, given the cold weather and not really ready for them yet, but here’s a video on putting the bees into the new Top Bar hives that were just built. If all goes well and they make it through the next...