After cleaning all the honey equipment Josey and I went for aquiet sail up the Columbia.
Month: July 2019
Birds and Bees Update
This last weekend there was a lot going on in the bee yards and the Osprey nesting platform. This late spring and early summer has had its fair share of showers. With those showers comes lots and lots of flowers. It seems to me that the wild blackberry bloom is nearly twice the norm. With…
Honey Bees Swarming
This last Saturday late in the afternoon one of my hives swarmed. This happens when the hive becomes too small for so many bees. This is also the honey bees’ natural way of reproducing. The queen takes approximately half of the hive and SWARMS. They’ll land on a tree branch or pretty much anything, but…
Portland Wooden Boat Show 2019
The last weekend of June, Jody and I made way 45 miles up the Columbia River and then entered the Multnomah Channel at St. Helens, Or. We cruised 18 miles up and after 11 hours tied up to spend the night at Hadley’s Landing. Early the following morning we entered the Willamette River, and 15…