whoa now, It's been a while since my last post. The silkies have all grown and two have gone, science world is the only one remaining, (freaking mink) But we're now at a huge 40+ chickens and counting.

On to new and different things, we're on the verge of being landlords, yep, we have a lovely two story apartment that will house approximately 10,000 tenants, WE'RE GETTING BEES!!

We've been sitting down with the local apiary (literally across the street) and getting all kinds of good mite prevention and treatment info, and we've gone to our first beekeepers meeting to learn all kinds of good mite prevention and treatment info, and we've got books and online resources to learn all kinds of good mite prevention and treatment info, so essentially, beekeeping now a days is a lot of "how to prevent and treat mites"

Either way, we're very excited, even my husband is gung ho for this new venture, pollinate the earth and with any luck, they'll wind up paying rent with luscious honey and a gorgeously pollenated garden!

Here's our first hive, it was plain, and people paint them all sorts of lovely colours, but our bees, they need to know we love them, so I painted a big lovie Bee on the front, and stained the sides with the same stain that I used for my spinning wheel, I'll be sealing the whole thing later today with any luck, and in a month or two we are hopeful to have tenants who call this hive home! (It's merely waiting for it's coat of sealant to protect it for the winter, so there is no top on it. S'cuse the lack of lid.