Paul Perkins

Review of the movie Colony http://directory.irishfilmboard.ie/films/762-colony My husband and I saw the movie Colony at the tiny Northwest Film Forum on Madison and 12th on Capitol hill in Seattle. The theater we were in seated about 49 people in old style movie seats. The ambiance was old fashioned cute. Also attending the screening was a host of two of our bee hives. That was a...

This broccoli did not get harvested before going to flower. The bees are all over it on a nice day in late October. This is one type of bee feeder that we are using. It holds a gallon of syrup and sits on top of the inner cover. An empty box surrounds the feeder with the telescoping outer cover on top of that. The weather...

Our hives are in 8 back yards around the north end of Seattle. This is one group. We plan to expand to another 3 backyards next spring. Another group of hives. My husband with a beautiful frame of capped honey. We were taking off the supers (top honey storage units on a hive) from this hive and getting the last of the honey for this...

Honey might ferment if the water percentage is higher than 18.5%. We invested in honey refractometer and a dehumidifier.

Our honey is in front of one of our bee hives. Seattle has looked pretty gray all summer long. It is a bad year for bees in Seattle. If you are a new beekeeper, I hope that you have not become discouraged. I can’t imagine facing some of the problems that we have had this year as a beginner. The worst thing over the last...