Blog entries tagged milwaukie http://www.beethinking.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:32:30 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.beethinking.com/blog/swarm-pictures-traps-heat-and-harvest <p>It's been an exciting couple of months. We're now back up to 23 hives as one of our new-found neighbors wanted to keep the swarm that showed up on their property. Fortuitously, they have the most amazing garden of all Oak Grove, Oregon, and are inclined to trade us an almost-unlimited supply of beautiful organic produce.&nbsp;</p><p>The top bar hives throughout Oak Grove/Milwaukie, Oregon are absolutely booming. The two top bar hives in our back yard are so full of bees that at night, when thRead More... Matthew Reed Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:09:23 +0100 milwaukie http://www.beethinking.com/blog/the-first-10-packages-installed <p>What a week! After more than 6 months of planning and building, the first 10 packages in the 20 hive apiary expansion have been installed. 5 packages of Italians and 5 packages of Carniolans arrived at Ruhl Bee Supply on Monday, after a trek from Northern California's Oliveraz Bee Company. It was an unusually warm day -- almost 80 degrees in April!</p><p>My wife, a photographer from the Oregonian and I met at Ruhl, waited in line for 20 minutes to pay and then entered the holy of holies: The Read More... Matthew Reed Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100 warre top bar portland package milwaukie installation