Month: March 2015

ferry service and spring seeding

Past week I have operated a ferry service for the ladybugs/ladybirds which hibernate each winter in the northeast bathroom.  Each day about 20 new ones appear and since the windows are screened it is easier for me to collect them in a small glass jar and carry them to the raised beds area where I release them.  It is easiest to catch them when they are on the ceiling - simply hold the jar below them and nudge them with paper and they topple into the jar where they may momentarily play dead before Read more [...]

installation of 2 packages of bees

9am March 8, Sunday, was the big day.  The #2 packages would be available and I had ordered two (cost $78 each).   A package is a small wooden box which contains a lot of bees, a mated queen bee in a small cage, and a tin of sugar syrup. The syrup can has small holes in the removable top through which the contents are delivered to the supping bees. Sunday was a lovely day although 9am new daylight savings time meant an early start to be at the pickup point.  BJ our local professional Read more [...]