On Saturday, February 19, Cheryl and I attended a beekeeping class in Cotati, CA. It was a great class and we took in preparation of taking care of the beehive my children bought for me on my birthday some time ago. The lady teaching the class, Randy Sue, took a very natural approach to beekeeping that was a bit different that I had learned in my reading. Anyway, the next Friday, we had the beekeepers that we got the bees from originally come and open our hive to see how things were going. We had a very full hive of angry bees, they didn't want to be disturbed. There was lots of bees and lots of honey but not ready to be collected becausse it is still winter.
Later that afternoon, we went to Concord to pick up some beekeeping supplies and hive material to expand our hive and also to prepare for another hive. We have been putting the hives together and are almost ready to transfer the bees and split the hive. Then we will have two hives too take care of.
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