A beekeeper needs to consider the available foliage in the surrounding 8,000 acres when placing beehives at a location, especially in urban areas where there is density of houses, businesses, highways, and industry. I noticed the newest beehive in my backyard was not building up as quickly as the new beehives out in the country, and the suburban bees were starting to get more defensive than the others. Considering the availability of foliage in the country, I decided to relocate the hive yesterday out to the country. They can enjoy the “country air” for a couple of months, then I wil reassess whether to relocate them back to the suburbs.

There has been no sign of the bears for several weeks, they may have found better sources of food that aren’t surrounded by an electric fence. Before calling it a day I knocked down the weeds in the apiaries, said hello to a toad passing through, and gave a little more ventilation to a hive.