Seminole Bee Farms grows from hobby to community hub

Record keeping in the bee yard - Farm and Dairy

When you have more than one hive, if you’re like me, you won’t remember when you were last in the hive or what was going on in that hive during your last inspection. Did you find the queen? Did you see eggs and brood? Is there enough honey or too much honey? Did you see varroa mites or small hive beetles? Did you treat your hive? Swarm cells or virgin queens? Were the bees aggressive in that hive? The point is that there will probably be items t…

Seminole Bee Farms grows from hobby to community hub

SEMINOLE — It started in their backyard — two partners tending hives, slowly learning the rhythms of the bees. For Slobodan Djordjic and Alejandra Pedroza, what began five years ago as a simple hobby quickly grew into a calling: to…