Today I inspected my beehive. All is well. I was a bit worried because I did not treat them (with oxalic acid) in the fall for mites. All beekeepers seem to do this religiously. And me? I'm against all that chemical intervention. But lucky me, my bees are in the cleansing pine forests of Temagami. And there are no other honey bees around to infect them. My beautiful bees came through strong and still have their own honey in their hive. So there is no need to feed them that ghastly fake sugar water substitute. I am so happy! Here you see one of my girls diving into a dandelion. An individual bee is flower specific, which means this girl only goes for the dent de lions, or pis en lit, you know, dandelions! Dig her pollen baskets! This may be the year I can collect enough of my own dear honey for my guests to try.
