Comments on: Adventures in Raising Honey Bees https://nowandgen.com/2019/09/05/adventures-in-raising-honey-bees/ Tue, 10 Sep 2019 19:40:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 By: unecatastrophes https://nowandgen.com/2019/09/05/adventures-in-raising-honey-bees/#comment-21692 Tue, 10 Sep 2019 19:40:47 +0000 https://nowandgen.com/?p=4315#comment-21692 My sister is cultivating bees fpr a couple of years now, but they live in the countryside with lots of space and tons of fruit trees. My neighbour though (big city center life here) is keeping his beehive on his balcony !- and we keep our teeny tiny lawn wild and flowered and un-cut for them. He provides us with amazing honey in return and introduced us to different scents an tastes and ways of producing it (pressing or centrifuge, sommer or spring blossom e.g.) I never new how many varieties there are and how they really differ in taste!

]]> By: Kim Jacobs https://nowandgen.com/2019/09/05/adventures-in-raising-honey-bees/#comment-21409 Fri, 06 Sep 2019 02:37:56 +0000 https://nowandgen.com/?p=4315#comment-21409 We have chickens, and because of them we have no food waste going into the bin. Anything edible goes to the chooks.
Chooks need protein and I came across this simple idea to feed live maggots to chickens that I’m dying to try. All you need is a bucket with a lid (recycled from having had bulk detergent or similar is ideal), a tripod setup to hold the bucket off the ground, some straw, and meat scraps. You drill holes (1/4 inch or so) in the bucket bottom and sides (to let flies in and maggots out), put a layer of straw in the bottom, put in some meat scraps (these will decompose and attract the flies, and give the maggots something to breed and feed in). Put more straw on top. Then put the lid on securely and hang inside the chook pen.

The straw will mask the smell of the meat decomposing but the flies can smell it. As the maggots mature they will fall out the holes, and voila! fresh protein for the chooks!! The will gobble up the maggots as soon as they drop out.

Post pictures if you make one of these!

]]> By: Carrie Wiggins https://nowandgen.com/2019/09/05/adventures-in-raising-honey-bees/#comment-21407 Fri, 06 Sep 2019 00:58:06 +0000 https://nowandgen.com/?p=4315#comment-21407 I love this post! We farm in Nebraska, i too have been intrigued about getting our own hive. We have chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits and pigs, along with our ranch cattle.
Last year honey harvesters knocked on our door to get permission to place some hives on the corner of our alfalfa, we jumped at the chance! I’ve enjoyed taking pics of them visiting the sunflowers in the garden. We got paid with 3 of the prettiest cases of honey I’ve ever seen! I used them for Christmas and it fed our family all year! So, I enjoyed this post! Maybe i CAN get a hive of our own? Thanks for the insight!

]]> By: Effie https://nowandgen.com/2019/09/05/adventures-in-raising-honey-bees/#comment-21404 Thu, 05 Sep 2019 22:51:56 +0000 https://nowandgen.com/?p=4315#comment-21404 Hi! I live in the country and we have a wild hive close by. At first we were nervous but they are very tame and I love watching them. We have chickens and turkeys too. I’ve been interested in having a bee hive but haven’t taken that step yet. I love hearing about your garden, animals, and kiddos!

]]> By: Rasha https://nowandgen.com/2019/09/05/adventures-in-raising-honey-bees/#comment-21400 Thu, 05 Sep 2019 20:53:18 +0000 https://nowandgen.com/?p=4315#comment-21400 Hi Gen
I really adore what you do with your kids and your capabilities to balance all other responsibilities . You are really an inspiration to any woman. Iam glad that I watched supernatural because it gave me an opportunity to learn a lot from you and your husband .
Rasha

]]> By: Jhenifer https://nowandgen.com/2019/09/05/adventures-in-raising-honey-bees/#comment-21395 Thu, 05 Sep 2019 19:28:09 +0000 https://nowandgen.com/?p=4315#comment-21395 ]]> In reply to JESSICA LOZANO.

always needed
she helps us and we help her ,I love 💛

]]> By: Paige Shelby https://nowandgen.com/2019/09/05/adventures-in-raising-honey-bees/#comment-21392 Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:34:38 +0000 https://nowandgen.com/?p=4315#comment-21392 I love this! My family thinks I’m a total nutter for worrying about the bees so much, but they clearly don’t understand how important they are! Could you post more details about what type of hive you have, what your honey collection looks like and maybe a how-to guide on making your own wax food wraps and lip balms?

]]> By: Carlachizan https://nowandgen.com/2019/09/05/adventures-in-raising-honey-bees/#comment-21391 Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:31:59 +0000 https://nowandgen.com/?p=4315#comment-21391 I have a hive since April. They are remarkably little bees the things these little girls can do. How they Communicate ,all the work they do all day. We got chickens so they can clean around the hive for other bugs that can hurt the bee hive. The chickens just started laying eggs. My family are learning a lot and enjoying this way of life.

]]> By: JESSICA LOZANO https://nowandgen.com/2019/09/05/adventures-in-raising-honey-bees/#comment-21383 Thu, 05 Sep 2019 15:14:19 +0000 https://nowandgen.com/?p=4315#comment-21383 Hi Gen!! I love honey and consume it everyday with tea, lemon water or acv drink. I purchase from a local honey company and it has made a world of difference during allergy season for my brother and I. He used to have severe allergies to our mesquite tree. Immediate eye itching, sneezing, stuffed up passing that massive tree daily; However, when he started consuming honey, the next year he had no problems it was like a miracle cure lol. I use it in baking also to replace sugar and it’s wonderful! You are doing such a remarkable job!! You’re raising wonderful kids, have a successful business and taking care of yourself. It’s amazing to me the balance you have among all your responsibilities and projects you take on to help others. You’re truly an inspiration!! Thank you for all the great posts!! Really enjoy the site!! Another great post to read while I’m sipping my honey lemon water 🙂
Jess

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