Over the years, Sylvie and I have been talking about bees, but never seriously enough to begin keeping them. Then in 2010, our subscription to the composting club came with some free courses. One we went to was on urban chicken keeping. The other one was on bees. I was hooked. Here I will be telling the story as I am going along. The links take you to the different stages in the project.

- How we got into the bee project [Go here];
- Getting and installing the bees [Go here];
- First day on the job: Reach in and get the queen [Go here];
- Second day: Disaster strikes [Go here];
- Third day: A day with some sun [Go here];
- Fifth day: Sunshine and a new landing pad [Go here];
- Seventh day: Taking a peek inside the hive [Go here];
- Eighth day: Sun that wasn't forecast and therefore activity [Go here];
- Tenth day: With the not-forecasted sun, also some warmth [Go here];
- Eleventh day: Treating with Fumagillin against nosema [Go here];
- Twelfth day: First foraging activity [Go here];
- Nineteenth day: Checking up on the bees after a week away [Go here];
- Day 22: Adding 1/4 thympol strips against mould [Go here];
- Day 23: A B(ee)-movie [Go here];
- Day 27: Differently capped comb and lots of dead bees [Go here];
- Day 31: Bee stings, full suit, and honey comb [Go here];
- Day 45: Scare and redesign [Go here];
- Day 53: Guarding against intruders [Go here];
- Day 55: Marking the queen, adding brood supers [Go here];
- Day 75: Potential and real disasters [Go here];
- Day 76: Another colony arrives [Go here];
- Day 82: A new, combined colony [Go here];