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I've got a stand of Ironbark Eucalyptus close to my house. Of course who knows where they're going for it, but I have watched many a flight in that direction.

I was so surprised today when I went into my backyard hive. I looked down in the top medium and saw a bunch of white capped comb. First frame, fourth frame, eighth frame....tenth! Woo hoo! I took...

I've had great success on CL. I now have outyards in some great locations, hosting anywhere from 4-10 colonies. Currently have 10 colonies and will be rapidly expanding to 40 this spring summer. I...

Throw in a sticky board and do a mite count drop over 3 days. That will give you the best overall picture of what's going on. The bummer/good thing about SF is that there are lots of new beeks with...

True, it wouldn't be like a spot gps or anything, but it could help if someone did a quick repaint of hive bodies and you had a hunch.

FL Beak, yes, the only downside with Hive Tracks is the need...

RFID would be pretty cool. Our town library has all the books RFID'd, so all I do when I check out is scan my card and then place all the books on the counter within a certain area. The books are...

Playing around with both Beetight and Hive Tracks, I sort of have a preference for Hive Tracks. I like the main page layout - with number of stacked hives and color coordination - and so I can see...

I probably should have opened some worker brood as well, but didn't. Would have been interesting to see the infection rate. I've had brood all winter long. I was going to apply an oxalic acid...

Great weather here today in the SF Bay area. I went out to the coast to check 3 hives that have overwintered successfully thus far. All Carniolans with 4-5 frames of solid brood (mediums) with a...

I am young-ish (or I like to think I still am!... 35) and started with the standard deep brood box with mediums for supers. I thought, "70-80 pounds, I got that." Just for reference, I am a lean...

I was thinking about running a few of my hives with QE's this year. Gleaned some great info from the discourse. Will give it a go on a few and see what happens. Haven't had too many problems with...

I think once you have been keeping bees for a few years, you'll start to see when the flows are year after year, and that will be a good gauge. Obviously things can vary, but it's a good general...

Redwood City, CA. Eucalyptus is blooming, and Acacia is almost there. Lots of mustard as well.

I have them in my hives here in Redwood City, Los Altos, and along the coast. Not in any great numbers, but they are here.

Stefan-

Hope to see you there, and thanks for the link. Well, after reading the short summation of honeydew honey, it sounds pretty spot on with what I have. Interesting indeed.

Todd

@ Michael - If you mean honeydew, like the melon, I doubt it's that. The area isn't really an agricultural space. But I could be wrong...

@stoffel64- I was just in Pacifica walking my dog this...

I live in Redwood City, CA. I have a hive in a location (Woodside) that lies on the inland side of the coastal mountains. It is very much a micro-climate. The fingers of fog from the marine layer...