And then there were two.

Big excitement at the farm this weekend! Sitting by the big window on Saturday morning, I was taking the first slow morning I've had in about 3 months, I saw that the bee hive was exceptionally busy. Well I thought, it's a warm sunny morning, all the trees are blooming, my plan was to put on the honey super that I had meant to get on earlier in the week. The bees had another plan. I was out in the barn getting the super and was deluged by bees within moments of opening the boxed and plastic wrapped super of drawn comb. I knew right then that something was up, ran back to the hive and sure enough they had swarmed. I had missed the moment! I wandered around a bit looking for the bees and saw them up in the apple tree that Frank had carefully pruned for me this winter.

I ran and got the ladder, suited up and tried to figure out how I was going to catch this gang. Of course I don't have a tall enough ladder so had to do some gymnastics to get up high enough. Climbed up at least 4 times with unsuccessful attempts to catch them. After about 2 hours I finally got them settled into a new home and as of today it looks as if they will stay. Pure luck, that I was home, that I noticed the ruckus at the old hive and that they were in a place where they could be caught!

It took me another 2 hours to calm down enough to continue with my day! What a thrill, perched up in a tree with bees buzzing all around! What a miracle! What a great weekend!

Here's the first truck loading of the season, heading off to Wayland, Massachusetts. Orders are flying out quickly, it is always amazing that 8 months of preparation leads up to these 3 or 4 weeks of plant insanity! The weather is cooperating and that is great.

Check this out, I know just a lowly petunia but so pretty, it just about glows : Merlin Blue Morn, I love it!