Oh, I have been wanting bees for year! With our garden, apple trees and lots of wild berries the extra help with pollination would be great. and I love honey! :)
When I do start it will be with top bar bee hives. I really like how much simpler they seem to be for a back yard bee keeper, with...
I noticed my muscovies mating just this week! Last year my girls were sitting on a nest of eggs in April but they never hatched. I think the weather was still too cold. They tried again right away and the second try hatched over a dozen ducklings. Since they're pulling feathers for a nest I...