03/28/2025
We had a bit of excitement yesterday when we realized that our trees were starting to wake up and some are even starting to bloom! Yippee!!! Peach and cherry trees specifically are already blooming, and looking as beautiful as ever.
Our bees are a mix of great and loss. We have one hive that's doing amazingly well, and Josh is planning to put a super on it in a couple weeks! We are positive we lost a hive, and the third hive we are hoping is still working and building its population inside the hive box. It was too late in the day yesterday to pop the lid and see for ourselves but there were a couple in and outs as well as the orientation flights. We're hoping they're good and bounce back. We do have four additional hives on order, and we're going to be doing some work to our apiary, which we think may help to protect all of our hives from the northern winds we receive.
If you bought honey from us in the past, please make sure Jenny has your email address for pre-orders. She was over-excited last year and sent the email out a bit early. OOPS!
Lastly, you'll see a picture of our cat, Tootsie, that adopted us (yes, you read that right). She followed us all around the orchard, the apiary, and some other areas on the property. We're fairly confident she thinks she's part dog by some of her mannerisms! 😄
