A Bird & the Bees

Spring brings with it lots of new life but not everything is meant to grow and flourish.  Today concluded with one wild turkey in the soup pot and two honey bee hives down. 

Thanks to Ian we had another successful turkey opener, resulting in turkey noodle soup for supper and some bird breasts in the freezer.

Later in the day, my hive check yielded less happy news.  My two weak hives unfortunately succumbed to last week's cold snap.  We are now down to two hives from five.  On the bright side, our two remaining hives are super strong and teeming with happy honey bees busily collecting pollen.  Have a listen to that buzzing!  Hopefully we will be able to split these colonies later in the spring to repopulate our hives that did not make it. 

Such is the life of a turkey hunter and a beekeeper.  It may seem like an odd partnership but, for us, it works.