Treefall Bee Yards
112326 Grey Road 3 N0G2M0 Ayton, ON, Canada

Wooliam's Mead Making Adventure Mead is an easy to make and delicious alcoholic drink that has been around since at least the early bronze age. It's simply honey, water, yeast, and time. Wooliam added his own twist to the mix this time. He threw in oranges, mixed berries, and cinnamon. This recipe is meant to turn out very sweet and will take about 2 months to be done fermenting. ... Can't wait to taste test this batch.

As many of you know, I am a history nerd as well as a beekeeper. One way these worlds collide is when I'm considering names for my Queen Bees. I have two new colonies as of this Spring, and it has taken me this long to settle on names for the Queens. Allow me to introduce the newest queens of my bee yard: Cartimandua: This Iron Age Briton was the queen of the Brigantes tribe when the Romans were exerting their control over Southern Britannia. Cartimandua sided with the Romans..., was ruthless with her enemies, and even instigated one of the messiest divorces in Roman History (that's kind of saying a lot). She was so impressive that she may have even held the title of King in the official statutes of Rome. Given the mysogyny of the Roman Empire, which means she must have been serirously respected by the likes of Tacitus. You can see Cartimandua depicted in this print handing one of her enemies over to the romans courtesy of the British Museum. Tomyris: Queen of the Massagetae in Central Asia when the Persian Empire was expanding its borders under Cyrus the Great. Cyrus was having big success in Central Asia, routing the armies of Massagetae and killing the prince, Tomyris' son. This mother's revenge was swift and decisive. She gathered the warriors of her kingdom, chased down the Persian army, chrushed their forces, and killed Cyrus. You know, mom stuff. Tomyris was a warrior queen with relentless drive. You can see Tomyris depicted holding up Cyrus' head in the carved glass courtesy of the Corning Museum of Glass.

An absolute beauty of a day working with the bees