Raptors Roost Farm

South Florida is graced with such a mild winter that it’s often advised to conduct a late season split if you have the honey stores to spare. Fortunately enough, each of my colonies currently has between 40lbs to 90lbs of honey stored up within one apiary, so they’ve got some food to spare. Unfortunately, all … More Late Season Split

Well, it’s been a tremendously busy year in beekeeping. We started 2015 with six hives, and will be concluding with as many as twenty, scattered in two apiaries between Pinellas and Gilchrist counties. But, with the approach of fall, it’s about time for late-season splits ahead of next year and turning attention to stores across … More As we contemplate the exit of summer