All About them Bees
All About them Bees Farm wise, April was all about the bees! We contacted a lady who lives here in Harrodsburg in an 1800s farmhouse that she and her husband are trying to restore. They have a hive that had taken up shop for more years than they knew of in between the plaster wall and the outside of the house. They said if we could move the bees, we could keep the bees! We had some experience removing the bees from our own house ( read about it, here ), so how could we say no? We used Sam's thermal camera to get an idea of the location and the size and after deciding we were confident we could do it, we came back the next day with all our bee stuff! We scheduled last minute child care (thank you, Pippa and Heike!) and then spent about five hours removing a MASSIVE hive from an old farmhouse. Just like last time, Sam and I split the tasks. He cut the comb from the wall, and I framed it with rubber bands into the empty frames. There were SO many bees! The hive was super massive, sp
