A small family homestead with a big heart and we focus on modern day self-sufficiency with a dash of old-fashioned wisdom. We are located in Southeast Idaho where Winter is cold, Summer days are long and the growing season is short. Check out our words of wisdom and learn more about the products we produce.
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Meet Petunia
She is one of our Idaho Pasture Pigs. She’s friendly, answers to her name when she wants to and enjoys being petted.
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) pollinate the landscape, produce honey, wax, and propolis. We love working our bees, get stung every once in a while but overall they are fun to to work with and care for.
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Mealworms (the larvae form of Tenebrio molitor) are prolific breeders and nutritious pet and livestock food, fish bait, great for wild bird feeders and according to some, a nutritious food source for humans but we’ll pass on that unless things get pretty bad!
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Typically in the Spring when the flowers are blooming and the bees are buzzing a natural event called “swarm season” occurs. When a bee colony becomes too big for the location they are in they do not all move out to a new, bigger place. They split… A new queen bee is raised to take over the original colony. The old queen and half of the workers and male bees known as drones leave the hive and go to a convenient, temporary location where they hang out for a short period of time.
From there, scouts are sent out in all directions to locate a new home. Sometimes a location suitable to both the bees and the humans in the area is found, but often times a location suitable for the bees is found that is not suitable to the humans. Bees have been known to take up residence in attics, walls, water meter boxes, BBQs, and a number of other bad locations.
There are two things to keep in mind if you see a “bee swarm.” The first is that they are not out to get you or anyone else. In fact, when bees are in “swarm mode” they are actually quite docile. The second thing is to contact a local beekeeper to come and get them to ensure they are given a location suitable for both the bees and the humans.
If you have a swarm and don’t know a beekeeper, please contact us.
Mary Fugh (208) 970-2929
Anthony Vivino (503) 962-9652
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