Borst Bees

10/19/2024

07/03/2024

Thank you Scott Johnson for capturing these amazing photos of the warm we captured!

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10/12/2021

A semi crash has left a sticky mess to clean up.

09/06/2021

Hello, my name is Shannon! The other half of the Borst Bees clan.

If you would of told me 10 years ago that I would be a beekeeper, I wouldn't of believed you! In fact, I was TERRIFIED of all bees!

Then I met my husband, Daylon. He had opened my eyes up to these tiny creatures and their beauty.

Not only do they make delicious honey, but they are an important part of our planet. It's up to us to help these beautiful creatures continue to have a place on this earth 💛

09/06/2021

Checking on the girls today!

Getting closer to having to winterize here in Minnesota 💛

06/07/2021

🐝🌼BUSY! BUSY! BUSY!🌼🐝

Happy Monday!!

What do you do to prepare for your week!? Tips tricks and advice! Let's help our fellow human!

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05/31/2021

Bees During the Civil War. ca. 1861-1865 ~Follow:
Historical Honeybee Articles - Beekeeping History

Bee-hives were among the most popular products of foraging during the American Civil War (1861-1865), and bees were the source of at least one practical joke.

"Bee-hives were among the most popular products of foraging. The soldiers tramped many a mile by night in quest of these depositories of sweets. I recall an incident occurring in the Tenth Vermont Regiment -once brigaded with my company -when some of the foragers, who had been out on a tramp, brought a hive of bees into camp, after the men wrapped themselves in the blankets, and, by the way of a joke, set it down stealthily on the stomach of the captain of one of the companies, making business quite lively in that neighborhood shortly afterwards."

Memorial Day was formerly known as Decoration Day and originated after the American Civil War (1861-1865), to commemorate the Union and Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War.

Source:
Image and Article from:
Hardtack and Coffee; Or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life: page 246, By John Davis Billings, 1887

05/23/2021

Cutting out some comb from the top of the hive to install in the bottom box of the hive.

Encouraging our girls to start building on the bottom!

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05/22/2021

Stay hydrated this summer 💛🐝

05/22/2021

IM SUPER EXCITED!!! 🐝💛

My husband calls me and was almost FRANTIC! a lady in town had reported a potential hive that moved into her garage....
.. of course I hop in my vehicle, drive out to take a look (I had done this one other time 🤣).

I'm happy to report, we just added another FULL hive to our family!!!!! We will let them all stroll into the hive for the night.. and pick them before sunrise and bring them out to our other hives!!

🐝💛 Happy Beekeeper