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Babs, these are not the normal yellow jackets that build the grey paper nests under eaves and such. Killing the yellow jackets that build the paper nests is super easy with the spray that HD or Lowes sell. The yellow jackets that live in the ground are called Yellow Jacket Subterranean Wasps...

Our flock of sheep has increased from 10 to 26 [we traded three lambs for labor]. Many of the ewes are pregnant again, so soon we hope to be over 40 sheep. Our sheep and bees appear to get along well. For some reason, the bees love going to the sheep watering trough and drinking water with...

In all my glorious city slicker wisdom, knowledge and understanding, I decided to plow a never before plowed field on our ranch. It was dusk, near dark, and I could barely see. I somehow managed to plowed up a massive California Yellow Jacket Subterranean Wasp nest. For the first 20-30...

Babs, Our first year of beekeeping we tried the "open" feeding. I saw it on youtube where you simply fill a 5 gallon bucket with sugar syrup and place it about 20 feet from your hive. This advice and video sounded so nice and innocent! So I filled a 5 gallon bucket with sugar syrup and...

babs, I was told I could strengthen my hives by adding sugar syrup and pollen substitute during the first year and also during subsequent dearths. Bees need the sugar for food, and they need the pollen sub to feed the larvae. When I added these two ingredients, the queen began to lay...

I would simply shake the bees off in front of one of your existing hives. No need to add honey frames unless your hives are short of honey.

We now have 15 beehives and most are thriving, but I am by no means an expert. There are eggs, larvae, and fresh and older brood in every hive [I keep feeding every hive pollen substitute so the queens keep laying like crazy. My recommendation would be to shake off the bees in front of your...

Babs, So sorry to hear about these ruthless attackers! We had a major problem with them last year...it was the worst I have ever seen in my life. Hundreds of them would literally hang out at the apiary and two of them would team up and then carry off a single bee, just like those flying...

Not quite. Right now, I only have offers of $75 for the AB lambs, but come Christmas and Easter, I can easily obtain $150 per lamb because most will be at selling weight by then. So that is double the money. I am not interested in registered or show sheep at all. I simply am looking for...

Hi Babs, Yes, most of the buyers at the auction were butchers and they were purchasing 20-50 at a time. And they were purchasing the sheep to butcher within the next few days, so quality of stock, disease, etc. probably wasn't a major issue for them. One man I met at the auction was...