The appointed hour arrived at 7:45pm on Saturday night.  The storm clouds were cropping up in the western sky, warning us of the late night thunderstorms of the monsoon season. My friend Sarah arrived in her huge yellow GMC truck, ready to haul bees from near the base of the mountains, down to the valley,…

So this is what we beekeepers look like when we go out to visit our beeyards…and do cutouts. Some kind of outer space weirdos. This particular cut-out was on a piece of real estate in Placitas, New Mexico, atop a mesa, with a stunning view of the sunset. It was evening when I went in…

It was a day in the life…. per the photos above,  I had just retrieved a queenbee from one hive, ready to move her into another hive.  I was moving bees and bars around, feeling confident. But that feeling never lasts long when you are dealing with Mother Nature. Three weeks and many sagas of…