One common refrain from beekeepers is that if you ask any two beekeepers a question you will get three answers.  This is particularly when you discus when the beekeeping season runs.  We feel the season starts in January when we first treat for mites during the winter brood break and ends when winter preparations are… Read more

Cooler weather and alternately very dry, very wet and unseasonably warm weather have created some new challenges for our Apiary.  On sum, our bees have not brought back much resources and have been eating through the honey we have left for them, leaving them vulnerable to starvation this winter.  To counteract this threat, we have… Read more

With the National Weather Service predicting sunny weather and a high of 88 degrees, it looks like this year’s Honey Harvest Festival will have pleasant weather to go along with the 15+ craft vendors, barbeque from Rocklands, live music and a petting zoo. The festival is free to attend. At the end of the festival,… Read more

After more than a year of talking about it, we have finally completed and put in service our solar wax melter. This device uses the sun’s heat and gravity to warm filter our raw wax. We have tested it with the cappings from this years harvest and have found it to an efficient way to… Read more

Christ the King’s honey has won top awards at the Arlington County Virginia Fair this year! We received the top class awards for our extracted and comb honey entries. We also netted a second place class award for our “black jar” (judged on taste alone) honey entry. Our extracted honey was seclected as the second… Read more

It has been a busy month since our last update. We have re-queened all our colonies, entered our honey in the Arlington County Fair, and have removed a colony of feral honeybees from a tree near the home of a family with small children. All this along with the routine chores of inspecting, feeding and… Read more