A beautiful Spring Day.  Yogurt and granola for breakfast.  Yesterday I set up a 4th hive awaiting the arrival of the nuc from Jim Talada which I learned today is arriving this Tuesday.  I also found the queen (she has a blue dot) in the first hive which is struggling a bit, but there was some brood and it looks positive.  I have now visually found two of the three queens and two of the hives seem to be very active. Mowed the garden and the orchard. This morning, I hung the r

Sprayed the trees on Saturday, March 26th for the first time. Planted four new apple trees (2 – Red Cameo Apple, 1 – Liberty Apple, 1 – Adams Apple) on Sunday, April 3rd. It was cold and very windy. Used a good amount of compost from the pile and dug up a lot of rocks. Too cold to check the bees but will check the struggling hive this week. Attached is the new layout of the orchard. Still waiting on the delivery of a replacement peach tree. Had lunch with Tom Brennan at the F