06/23/2025
Rough day in the bee yard. Bees have been setup at this site for 14 years. They are setup along an access road to the back of the farms property. Tractors, trucks and skid steers have used it for all 14 years. Well today a skid steers hauling branches didn’t clear the last stand. Before he realized 5 strong hives were all knocked over.
He called right away. I was headed west to Elyria to pull supers so did a quick turn around and swung home to grab the wife. We rushed over to find the carnage.
We were able to get the hives set back up but I will have to replace one bottom board and one top later this week. Thankfully the hives stayed intact for the most part so hopefully the queens are okay. I will let them rest for the week and go back in next week to check on them.
14 years there have been a lot of ups and downs but this one hit a little harder at first. Our way of life is fragile. We are one event away from our lives changing at any moment. My hope is not in my bees, my business, money or things. They can all disappear in a moment.
My hope is in Christ.and the promises a relationship with Him provides. My hope is an eternity in heaven not for what I have done but for what He did for me on the cross. Someday I will stand before my Savior because I placed my faith in His plan when I was a child. Someday I hope I get to be a dairy farming beekeeper for eternity. It’s the land of milk and honey, somebody has to milk the cows and extract the honey! …. And Jesus if you could toss in an ability to play guitar a lot better I’d appreciate that too! 😁
Wonder what I am talking about? Sit down and read the first 6 chapters of the book of Romans and see if it doesn’t challenge the way you think.
