Owen's Honey Hive

03/30/2025

Some bee science for this rainy afternoon.

06/22/2024

Getting ready to extract our second harvest of the season. Hope it turns out as well as our last (pictured here).

06/15/2024

And...We Have Honey!

The Latest Happenings with Owen's Honey Hive

05/10/2024

We've added to our bee family! Last week we transferred two nucs to our news hives. Plus! The split we thought didn't make it has brood, so now we're up to 5 colonies. We're also trying something new this year. While we love our horizontal hives, we've decided to try insulated hives from HiveIQ (Hi Zavier!). Since the bees won't have to work as hard keeping cool during our hot Mississippi summers, they'll be able to spend more time making honey.

04/07/2024

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The Latest Happenings with Owen's Honey Hive (And an Answer to the Big Question -- Will We Have Honey Soon?)We know we've been quiet over the last months, and for that we apologize. It's been a busy winter between getting our bees ready for the Spring, work and school. Now that Spring is here, we're...

02/27/2024

A few weeks ago we checked on our bees. Apparently when we previously checked the hives we forgot to cover the frames before closing the lid. When we opened the hive back up this is what we found. The ladies certainly know how to stay busy.