Locust Farms

Locust Farms Mating Nuc Update May 8, 2012

Lais — Wed, 09 May 2012 01:12:06 +0000

Yay, I am so happy after checking the nucs today! We saw 13 of our mating nucs with nice sized laying queens (it’s amazing how fast their abdomens grew in about 6 days). So, we hope that they continue to do well and we will be able to meet our first year’s nuc orders, whew, ...

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Bee Update May 3, 2012

Lais — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:59:45 +0000

Pat and I looked at our first 10 nucs and our parent stock that we used to make splits yesterday to see how they are doing. At first, we were only looking for eggs and didn’t see any so in the first two nucs we did not look closely for queens (which are small at ...

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The Waiting Game

Lais — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:24:36 +0000

Tomorrow is the magic day to open the nucs to see if the queens are mated and laying eggs well. We made splits on April 7th and April 8th using the Mel Disselkoen method of OTS queen rearing. After we had a good report from the state apiarist, we decided to take some nuc orders ...

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March Sewing Projects and Updates 2012

Lais — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:01:23 +0000

Pretty-fying my Ironing Board My ironing board was ugly and needed a facelift! I had extra fabric from my mini-ironing board project so I used that so they would be twinkies. Philodendron was kind enough to take off the old top and use the foam to be a pattern to mark on the fabric that ...

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Update on 12 for 2012 and other sewing too – February 2012

Lais — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:59:44 +0000

This whole project to finish 12 in 2012 has been very motivating! I have been sewing my little heart out, but I still haven’t finished January or March’s UFOs, whoops! January project, still in progress January’s project is being attempted to be quilted as I go (or QAYG – which is “Quilt As You Go” ...

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Our Boot Tree – The First Step to Having a More Presentable Entry Way

Lais — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:43:55 +0000

It was beautiful weather for central Indiana last week, wow! The bees were buzzing and lots needed to get done outside. One major project I’ve been wanting to tackle is to assess the system that is used for our shoes in our entry way, see my list of 2012 home goals here. Boot tree solves ...

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February 1, 2012 Videos around the Place

Lais — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:45:41 +0000

I wish I could say this is Wordless Wednesday…but that’s almost impossible for me, oops. Here are a couple of videos of the nice weather and the animals enjoying it. Chickens eating the Hedgeapples Feb 1, 2012 My hedgeapple hypothesis seems to be playing out to be true, yay! Honeybees out and about, finding some ...

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Planted our First Seeds of 2012

Lais — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:26:51 +0000

My husband and I spent some time last night planting our first seeds of the year. He had taken the time to clean out the old seedling planters and move the plants that had been growing in there since last summer (oops, we didn’t transplant some) in our growboxes. Sadly, the guilt of not transplanting ...

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That Was Easier than I Thought It’d Be

Lais — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:24:46 +0000

A display of old books, some of which were found at the local dump when I was in grade school. Even as a child I liked old things. I especially liked things with history and a story. I jumped at any chance to ride with my grandma on her trip to the dump outside her ...

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What Our Family Dogs Mean to Us

Lais — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:44:24 +0000

The family, but me, with all of the dogs Jan. 2012 I did an About Us section for our blog awhile back, and I decided I needed to introduce you to more of our family members. Today, I’ll start with the dogs. It all began with Skipper. He’s our miniature dachshund that we have had ...

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