Category: Bees

• Waiting on the bees

  Today I hope. I have placed a red rug underneath the hives so that the weeds don’t grow through but now that I think abut it maybe I should turn that upside down. Can bees see red? I can’t remember. I shall look it up and fix that before I load the bees in. Yesterday…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  April 20, 2013

  Bees, Farming, homesteading

  bee hives, bug hugs, dairy cow, little farm, new bees, old barn, rain clouds

• This was not yesterday

  Yesterday I went back through some of our old shots so that I could compile an extra page that new people can refer to if they need to identify one of the animals or birds. It sits up there, (look up) right next to About. It is  The Cast of Characters Page. Do you see…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  March 17, 2013

  Bees, Farm Animals, homesteading, Photography

  cows, farm animals, preparing fields for grass seed, summer, the cast page, The kitchen’s garden, the kitchens garden farmy

• Whose tracks are these?

  This is not a rhetorical question. Are these from a rabbit?  Have to be a rabbit. Our snow hung around for most of the day but it was one of those calm, warmish cold beautiful days that slowly melted into the afternoon. Here is the Bobby Blanc. Now I bet you wish you could do…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 5, 2013

  Bees, Farming, Humour, Life

  funny animals, funny farm animals, granny flat, looking after the elderly, peacocks tail feathers, tracks in the snow

• Human Error Kills Bees

  Yesterday afternoon I spent some time researching the bees problem. Trying to work out how my two hives died over this winter. I checked all the links you sent me (thank you) and these links took me to other links, I made notes and collated information and a miserable picture has appeared. After playing colour…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 4, 2013

  Bees, Farming, Life, Photography

  bees, bees dying in the winter weather, dead hives, dealing with failure, failure

• Bad news about the Bees and a Chance to Vote.

  We have snow on the ground. Not much. Almost everyone likes to play in the snow, even if you do not have hands for snow balls. Mama continues to get larger and I can literally see her lambs doing flip flops inside her.  Some of us have no interest in playing in the snow though.…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 3, 2013

  Bees, Farming, Life, Photography

  bad news, bees, pigs in snow, roosters, sheep in snow, thekitchensgarden, vote, writing competition