The Bee Ranchers, LLC Mike Vigo originally became interested in beekeeping after his 3 daughters joined the beekeeping project in their local 4H chapter.
To this day, beekeeping is a family affair and his daughters remain active in 4H and beekeeping by capturing swarms, tending to their hives, and, of course, harvesting their honey. His daughters are the "ranch hands" and help out with The Bee Ranchers when they are not busy with school, sports and friends.
07/10/2017
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Tyler Florence to talk honeybees and beekeeping, click on the link and listen to "Honey, we've got bees"
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07/02/2017
I love it when I show up at a client's house to extract their honey and a party breaks out!
Stop and smell the flowers...
06/21/2017
Guess who? Now a Cornell Grad, he's trying to convince me to hire him. Yes? No?
06/20/2017
Remember my favorite feral colony? Still thriving but the heat spell we have had here the last week has caused one chunk of brood comb to fall with the weight of the bees...
2 harvests today, this never gets old!
06/09/2017
"Patterns of perfection" by Mother Nature
It's spring harvest time and this season the honey is as light as I have ever seen it. I took this picture just after I uncapped the frame and before I spun it out in my extractor.
06/07/2017
Nothing but honeybees...
Another day in the life of beekeeping...
05/12/2017
Simply, beeautiful. In honor of all the mothers out there...
05/03/2017
Nature. Perfect.
04/28/2017
Setting the trap...
A swarm moved into the wall of this building just a few days ago, so, instead of tearing the inside wall apart, I'm thinking I can trap them and the Queen relatively quickly. The foragers can now only exit thru the one way valve and into my brood box with drawn comb, eventually, no more food going into the wall should lead the queen into my trap. After a few days, I will add a frame of open brood to entice her even more.