Paul Perkins, Author at Seattle Urban Honey

Seattle Urban Honey in the News

Seattle Urban Honey is featured in The Daily in the "Farm to Desk" biweekly column exploring the University District Farmers Market.

Paul PerkinsOctober 10, 2023

Seattle Urban Honey

Dealing with New Conditions due to Covid 19

New conditions force growth. Growth is never easy or painless. The new conditions are a novel corona virus that is causing disease in our community. The governor of the State of Washington has issued a stay at home order. What does that mean for the beekeeper? Well, spring is here and we need to tend our bees. Beekeeping is usually done with a good deal…

Paul PerkinsMay 1, 2020

Seattle Urban Honey

The End of the Beekeeping Year

We mark the end of the beekeeping year. We are keeping on eye on the health of our hives and feeding them sugar to help them survive winter.

Paul PerkinsMarch 15, 2017

Seattle Urban Honey

Bee Log #88 Bees build a naked nest

Seattle Urban Honey shares a video of a naked bee nest. Sadly, the nest did not survive the rains in its naked state.

Paul PerkinsFebruary 2, 2014

Seattle Urban Honey

Bee Log #87 Puget Sound Beekeepers

The Puget Sound Beekeepers January meeting was abuzz with new faces and lots of excitement building for the coming beekeeping season. How are your bees? Are you feeding them? Are you going to get more bees this spring? Anticipation. Meanwhile, the bees are in a cluster keeping warm.

Paul PerkinsFebruary 2, 2014

Farmers' Market

Bee Log #86 – Urban Beekeeping Business Model

We learned a lot about city beekeeping in the few years that we have been involved. We share some of what we have learned.

Paul PerkinsOctober 3, 2013

Farmers' Market

Bee Log #85 – Wettest Market Day

We just had the wettest farmers' market yet.

Paul PerkinsSeptember 28, 2013

Seattle Urban Honey

Bee Log #84

Working the Bees It is time to start working the bees again. We go from maintenance mode to honey production mode. Right now, the bees are producing lots of offspring. They have been able to gather some honey. One hive gained 14 pounds in the last 2 weeks. The bees need this honey for raising brood so we cannot collect any honey to extract yet....

Paul PerkinsApril 2, 2013

Seattle Urban Honey

Bee Log #83 – Beeswax Products

We have been making homemade lip balm, lotion bars, and mustache wax from the beeswax that I recovered after extracting honey.

Paul PerkinsDecember 7, 2012

Seattle Urban Honey

Bee Log #82

Our beekeepers association suggested we test our hives for Varroa Mites. With a homemade Varroa Mite Test we reviewed our hive health.

Paul PerkinsOctober 11, 2012

Paul Perkins

Seattle Urban Honey in the News

Dealing with New Conditions due to Covid 19

The End of the Beekeeping Year

Bee Log #88 Bees build a naked nest

Bee Log #87 Puget Sound Beekeepers

Bee Log #86 – Urban Beekeeping Business Model

Bee Log #85 – Wettest Market Day

Bee Log #84

Bee Log #83 – Beeswax Products

Bee Log #82

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