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Field Notes
Doug's notes from the beeyard — what's working, what isn't, and what's blooming.
3 entries · Updated regularly during hive season
Subscribe to UpdatesEight years ago, I built my first cedar top-bar hive from salvaged planks and a beekeeping-club diagram. Here's an honest account of what improved, what got harder, and what we still don't fully understand about the difference.
Read Entry →This is the question we get at every farmers market. The short answer is: small-cell comb, brood breaks, and monthly alcohol wash monitoring. The long answer is more interesting. Walk through our exact protocol, colony by colony.
Read Entry →The valley blooms in a sequence that almost any beekeeper could set their calendar to — clover in May, phacelia in June, buckwheat in August. Understanding the bloom calendar is the most underrated skill in honey production.
Read Entry →Stay in the Loop
New entries go out by email — never more than once a month during season, never off-season. No promotional content. Just notes from the beeyard.