Keeping Busy Beekeeping
It is super swarm season in my area right now and we have been tagged on Facebook and contacted for so many swarms. We decided to split our overwintered hive when we found a queen cell, which brought us up to 2 hives.
Then, we picked a swarm up right in our own neighborhood. So, that brought up the count to 3 hives. And then another in the next town over!
We were lucky enough to have some old nuc boxes that we could put them into with frames already made. And of course I need to show off the perfect handle that my blacksmith made for the top of the box!
For the past 2 days, we have been working with a tree cutting service friend to get a hive out of a tree that he was cutting down. I’d love to show you pictures from me being in the lift, but I was kind of too terrified to take a picture!
I was stuck at school until 4 and then ran up to help him finish up the job. There was comb in there at least 3 feet long! It was a hot and sticky job with loads of angry bees!
As for the rest of the homestead, we are finally harvesting some delicious strawberries!
I also took time to hill all of my potatoes and I’ve been hardening off plants and will be putting them in the garden very soon!
Now my question for you is what is the world is the volunteer plant below?
I’m hoping to get loads more things planted around here this weekend! Anyone else already have their garden planted?
llewellynhomestead 
Could be! I have a volunteer too im trying to figure out what it is!
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Good luck figuring out your random plant too!
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Our garden is going in early next week. Where we live, it’s pointless to plant before the May Long Weekend, as frost and snow are common until then.
– Christine
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My Pap always said to wait until after Memorial Day, but the weather has been in the 80’s here. So, I’m going to slowly incorporate some plants in the garden! Happy planting soon!
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Could be a cucumber…. Definitely looks like the cucurbit family though.
Your strawberries are at least a month earlier than mine, which are still in flower form.
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My strawberries are a couple weeks earlier this year! Mine still has flowers too!
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