Purple Bee Farm

03/03/2024

Hello everyone ,

A few of you missed the sign up for Hero’s to Hives so here is a workaround. This will need need to be sent in ASAP, Monday night…

Please email me a phone number and email to me at:

Clint Ward.VFW423@gmail.com

DM me if you gave questions but do it right away.
Kisses
Clint Ward

12/30/2023

Eat Honey on New Years Day and be Sweet All Year.
Please like: Historical Honeybee Articles - Beekeeping History

Historical Article: Beehive Banks as New Year’s Gifts. https://www.facebook.com/share/hUE1Ddh5C7heyDjf/?mibextid=K8Wfd2

Source:
Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan
December 31, 1914

12/14/2023

Keep smiling even though you are really busy. Bee Merry

11/21/2023

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11/21/2023

Bees aren’t the only important pollinators…

As Thanksgiving approaches, be sure to remember and thank the amazing animals that made most of your food possible through seed dispersal, pollination and insect control! 🧡

08/17/2023

06/27/2023

U.S. Honey Bee Losses

This chart shows the estimated share of bee keepers' colonies lost in the United States from 2016-17 to 2022-23.

To read on, go to: https://www.beeculture.com/u-s-honey-bee-losses/

06/22/2023

Happy Polinator’s Week!

Happy Pollinator Week!

Links:
Honey Bee Health Coalition : https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/
Farmers for Monarchs : https://farmersformonarchs.org/

To read on, go to: https://www.beeculture.com/happy-pollinator-week/

06/21/2023

Happy Solstice!

On the eve of Summer Solstice...
'Midsummer's eve ushers in the longest day and a season of growth, renewal and abundance that helps us keep heart, celebrate in the outdoors and enjoy the sweetness of the season.
Historically, Solstice is a time for garlands made of St. John's wort, mugwort, and lavender. Gardens offer up hollyhocks flower dolls, chive vinegar, yarrow and plantain salve, strawberry shortcake, elder-flower fritters and cordial, lavender wands and an abundance of summer greens and lush floral bouquets to share with friends and family.
The abundance of fragrant, colorful and styptic rose petals available would be distilled, infused, tinctured, and strewn on summer salads, floors and pathways.
May this Solstice carry the reminder that the wheel of life is much larger than us. Seasons roll on, and perhaps the best we can do is cultivate our own little patch of earth and leave our habitat a little better each year. Best wishes for a joyful and celebratory turning of the season! May your find unexpected magic in your own back yard! The Heirloom Gardener - John Forti
Artist Danielle Barlow

05/15/2023

Sounds like an interesting use for rhubarb. Anyone ever try this?

https://herewebee.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/hot-rhubarb/?fbclid=IwAR2FzB8C4P7g9jsMHzMs7ApoV8lwTrLGU--pj3q5DwF8a1b07X883RAn2Xo

Sometimes, help comes from the most unlikely directions. Of all the stressors bees now face, none is worse, or harder on the bees, than the Varroa destructor mite. Indeed, if you do not face up to …

03/19/2023

Happy Food and Ag Month! This week, we're celebrating everything about Michigan Asparagus!