Spring doesn’t just show up one day at Stone Horse—it creeps in. It’s in the first real flight days, when the bees finally break cluster and the air shifts just enough to carry that smell I wait for all winter. Honey, wax, a little damp earth, a little life coming back online. Before the trees are fully awake, before most people are thinking about spring, my bees are already moving. They’re always ahead. I’ve been doing this for over ten years now, and I still feel that shift every season. I...

Spring is right around the corner, which means it’s time to get everything in order before the bees kick into high gear. The last thing...

In January the bees cluster tightly around their queen, vibrating their wing muscles to generate heat. The core temperature of the...