Year after year we learn so much about ourselves, our bees, and how we can improve as beekeepers. I can't believe it is already December! Wow where did the year go?! This is the time I begin to reflect on the year and think say where can we improve? What can we do differently? And how can we refine our beekeeping just a tad bit more to get the results we want? The golden rod flow here in southeast Michigan was well....laughable. There truly wasn't one. SO the bees gorged theirselves on their winter honey stores leaving them with not much to hold them through winter. So Kasey and I are out here today putting homemade sugar bricks on our colonies juts as emergency feed to help hold them over through the winter. I hope you are keeping warm during this cold and wet (not so snowy so far) winter. I'll see you soon! xoxo

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