Adventures in Beekeeping is the best way to describe my experiences with honey bees. I started my first hive in the summer of 2020 and have been hooked since. My feelings have run the gamut – I’ve laughed, cried, sworn, considered quitting entirely, and obsessed about these bees – and ultimately keep coming back for more.
I’ll be highlighting some of my most noteworthy past beekeeping experiences and escapades with the goal to catch up and post updates in real time (which will probably take me another 6 years)!
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Such Great Heights
The spring before my second year of beekeeping, I took a class with a local beekeeper. At the end of the class, he asked if anyone would like to tag along while he installed bees in Chicago, at the aquarium and on rooftops of two high rise buildings. I jumped at the chance! Hands on,…
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Well, crap.
Some of my earlier beekeeping experiences left me wondering “why me?” or “what next?!” Like my first hive, which turned out to be the quintessential new beekeeper’s nightmare: it died out in just a few months. Womp womp. Maybe it was the general curse of all things bad in 2020? I installed my bees in…