GloryBee Vice Presidents RaeJean Wilson and Alan Turanski recently had a chance to sit down and talk with Jules Sheppard (Twitter: @JulesGlutenFree) of the Gluten Free Voice. Jules, Alan, and...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Catching a swarm
I recently caught a swarm for my friend Wally. A local neighbor boy Dillon who is a friend of our son's John and Eli joined us in the rescue. Dillon...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Colony Check – All is Well!
My eight year old son joined me to check on our three hives as the weather was sunny and warm enough to check on the queen and the brood. It...
Bee Chronicles by Alan – Working the Bees
The main purpose of working the bees today was to attempt to weaken the packaged bee hive and give it more space while in turn strengthening the swarm hive. First...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Bees & Wax
What is happening: I went into my "Swarm hive" and noticed the entire upper box was filled with honey (no brood) so I checked the bottom box and identified eggs...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Oh Sweet Honey!
I decided to check on the swarm hive that I captured recently to see how they were as I had added a honey super. I noticed that the bees were...
Bee Chronicles by Alan – Swarm Hive
I caught the swarm a week ago and was previously unable to find the old queen to replace her with a new queen. I went to find the old queen...
Bee Chronicles by Alan – Catching a Swarm
My wife Kelly and I got a text from friends of ours, Jason and Ann, who have a 5 acre farm near the river where we live. They reported seeing...
Bee Chronicles by Alan – Packaged Bee Hive
If you remember last week (one week after I added the 2nd Deep Super) the queen had laid in 3 frames. This week I checked and basically all of the...
Beekeeping Calendar
The Bees Are... To Do List January - February (Is my hive alive) The bees have been dormant and it is time to see if/how they are surviving the winter....
A Swarm arrives at GloryBee
On Earth Day, 2009, a swarm of bees landed in the parking lot at GloryBee Foods. Company president Dick Turanski moved into action, hiving the swarm in a temporary box....