<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810</id><updated>2012-02-16T09:32:22.934-08:00</updated><category term='extracting honey'/><category term='hives'/><category term='foulbrood'/><category term='mites'/><category term='hive temperature'/><category term='San Francisco honey'/><category term='navigation'/><category term='pure honey'/><category term='pollen'/><category term='bee dance'/><category term='honey'/><category term='honey lables'/><category term='urban honey'/><category term='colony collapse'/><category term='winter'/><category term='disappering bees'/><category term='eggs'/><category term='queen piping'/><category term='CCD'/><category term='nuc'/><category term='brood'/><category term='larvae'/><category term='natural honey'/><category term='SF Chronicle'/><category term='package bees'/><category term='seaonal honey'/><category term='supersedure'/><category term='Noe Valley honey'/><category term='nosema'/><category term='beekeeping'/><category term='spring'/><category term='local honey'/><category term='queen'/><category term='face recognition'/><category term='fresh honey'/><category term='queen bee'/><category term='disease'/><category term='Noe Valley Voice'/><category term='bee scent'/><category term='raw honey'/><category term='swarming'/><category term='Bi-Rite'/><title type='text'>Pollen Princesses</title><subtitle type='html'>&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Urban beekeeping in San Francisco.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
Our bees create 100%&lt;br&gt;natural, raw, wildflower honey in Noe Valley. We take it&lt;br&gt;from them as available and lightly filter it so the flavor&lt;br&gt;of the neighborhood is evident through each season.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>45</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-2047950126299376984</id><published>2011-09-04T09:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-04T09:58:58.653-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen bee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey lables'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bi-Rite'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Finally</title><summary type='text'>It has been another roughish year for the bees, though not so bad as last year.  We only had one colony really do well this year, and it currently seems to be struggling -- there does not seem to be any sign of a queen after a late swarm.  We were able to capture a different swarm and start a new colony, hopefully it will be able to get itself up and running before the weather turns too cold and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/2047950126299376984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=2047950126299376984&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/2047950126299376984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/2047950126299376984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2011/09/finally.html' title='Finally'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-1879372287793371947</id><published>2011-03-13T10:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-13T10:59:53.351-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spring'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='colony collapse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mites'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hives'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>First Hive Visits of the Year</title><summary type='text'>It's been while since the last post because it ended up being a tough year for the bees.  Of our five hives, only two managed to hang on.The diseased hive seemed to bounce back only to completely vanish a month later -- I suspect that was our first experience with colony collapse, but am not really sure.  The other hive at our friend's limped along for a while, then petered out.  They never </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/1879372287793371947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=1879372287793371947&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/1879372287793371947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/1879372287793371947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2011/03/first-hive-visits-of-year.html' title='First Hive Visits of the Year'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-7879385912482218062</id><published>2010-08-10T10:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-10T11:36:33.164-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='disease'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foulbrood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='colony collapse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nosema'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Update on the Diseased Hives</title><summary type='text'>Well, we have lost both hives from our friend's yard.  It's a bit disappointing, but one of the things that happens when you are dealing with nature.The smaller hive just eventually petered out.  There simply wasn't enough population to sustain the colony.  Still not sure what caused the decline -- typically I'd expect colony collapse to have happened much more suddenly, with the bees just </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/7879385912482218062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=7879385912482218062&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/7879385912482218062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/7879385912482218062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2010/08/update-on-diseased-hives.html' title='Update on the Diseased Hives'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/TGGbDCxI0EI/AAAAAAAADJQ/6gX9iu7xvBc/s72-c/IMG_1474-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-4627974835641413418</id><published>2010-06-14T09:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-14T10:23:36.022-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='disease'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='larvae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='colony collapse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CCD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nosema'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Bad News in a Couple Hives</title><summary type='text'>This past weekend was magnificent weather here in the City, perhaps attributable to global warming or just El Niño.  At any rate, Sunday was a great day to visit the bees.  We brought a friend of ours along who has kept bees with his dad in PA for ten years.The hives near Dolores park seem to be doing alright -- one of them is humming right along, with a healthy amount of brood and almost a full </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/4627974835641413418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=4627974835641413418&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/4627974835641413418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/4627974835641413418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2010/06/bad-news-in-couple-hives.html' title='Bad News in a Couple Hives'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-4629242714055196979</id><published>2010-04-09T16:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-09T17:31:33.853-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen bee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eggs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Gearing Up</title><summary type='text'>About a month ago, we made the rounds of our hives to see how everyone had fared through the winter.  At each location, interestingly enough, we found one strong hive that was already building a strong population and one hive that was nearly dead (if not completely dead).  I don't believe that either of the dead hives was caused by colony collapse -- the bees did not  just disappear from either </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/4629242714055196979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=4629242714055196979&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/4629242714055196979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/4629242714055196979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2010/04/gearing-up.html' title='Gearing Up'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/S7-_-0VI-YI/AAAAAAAAC1I/w6jfntLkbQ8/s72-c/IMG_1445.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-7728537460585074028</id><published>2010-04-05T17:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-05T17:34:49.290-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen bee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='larvae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hive temperature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Heater Bees</title><summary type='text'>It has long been recognized how well bees can maintain the temperature of their hive.  By shivering to warm the hive or bringing in water and using their wings to evaporate it to cool.Now researchers in Germany have determined how precisely temperature plays a role in the hive and specifically in the development of the bees' larvae.Fascinating!Read the article in the Telegraph here.Please visit </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/7728537460585074028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=7728537460585074028&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/7728537460585074028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/7728537460585074028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2010/04/heater-bees.html' title='Heater Bees'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-7660511116098829683</id><published>2010-02-02T08:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-02T09:01:23.342-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='face recognition'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>I knew they could recognize a face</title><summary type='text'>But I did not know that they can distinguish one face from another.Here is a recent article from the New York Times about a study showing that bees can recognize a face and distinguish one face from another.  Since I know from personal experience that bees target one's face when they are angry and wanting to sting you, I didn't find the fact that they can distinguish a face from, say, a chair.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/7660511116098829683/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=7660511116098829683&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/7660511116098829683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/7660511116098829683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-knew-they-could-recognize-face.html' title='I knew they could recognize a face'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/S2hZIVdRPhI/AAAAAAAACtQ/n_aZA8D6CQ8/s72-c/IMG_1341.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-5773276881756958596</id><published>2010-01-29T09:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-29T09:06:44.584-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='colony collapse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CCD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='disappering bees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Bees on the Rebound?</title><summary type='text'>A friend of mine sent me a link to a Gawker post regarding this article from Delaware.  It says that there are somewhat fewer reports of missing bees than in years past, although the numbers of disappearing colonies are still high.  Dare we hope that things are improving and the bees are returning?Please visit our shop to purchase Noe Valley Honey and other hive products from the Pollen </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/5773276881756958596/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=5773276881756958596&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/5773276881756958596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/5773276881756958596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2010/01/bees-on-rebound.html' title='Bees on the Rebound?'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-6599829729230863869</id><published>2010-01-13T21:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-13T21:37:49.456-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='extracting honey'/><title type='text'>Bottling Time</title><summary type='text'>Looks like the next few days (if not longer) are going to be devoted to bottling the 80+ lbs. of honey that is sitting in tubs in our kitchen.  This is going to be tricky, since a bit of it has crystallized already.  We can't heat it too much or too quickly as that will affect the quality of the flavor and damage the nutritional value of the pollen, etc. contained in the honey.If it turns out </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/6599829729230863869/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=6599829729230863869&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/6599829729230863869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/6599829729230863869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2010/01/bottling-time.html' title='Bottling Time'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-8427202755326239993</id><published>2009-12-14T09:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T11:40:02.311-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bee dance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='navigation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey lables'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>The more I learn...Celestial Navigation</title><summary type='text'>Here is an article that was pointed out to me a while back.Most of you probably are aware of the waggle dance that bees do to direct their sisters to the best nectar sources.This article discusses that dance, and a couple other bee dances as well as how bees are able to navigate.  They really are amazing little critters!Please visit our shop to purchase Noe Valley Honey and other hive products </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/8427202755326239993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=8427202755326239993&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/8427202755326239993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/8427202755326239993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/12/more-i-learncelestial-navigation.html' title='The more I learn...Celestial Navigation'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-4876048055741235731</id><published>2009-12-03T09:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-03T09:51:51.710-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='disease'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beekeeping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='extracting honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Updated Inventory!</title><summary type='text'>Just a quick note to let you all know that I have updated the inventory on the Etsy storefront, now that we have had a chance to catch up on some bottling.  There are still a couple gallons remaining from August to get into jars and that will be up soon as well.We took this past weekend, after Thanksgiving to swing by our different locations and pick up the last of the honey supers that I had </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/4876048055741235731/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=4876048055741235731&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/4876048055741235731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/4876048055741235731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/12/updated-inventory.html' title='Updated Inventory!'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/Sxf6MJYpj-I/AAAAAAAACk4/gd0MufmpaVA/s72-c/il_fullxfull.44466985.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-6500971523384727673</id><published>2009-11-29T19:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-29T19:44:02.722-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bi-Rite'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SF Chronicle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beekeeping'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The Chronicle had an article about Bi-Rite this week.  In it our hives our mentioned, although we are not called out by name.However, you can see the honey from one of those hives, alongside our own Noe Valley Honey (from July) on the shelves in the store.You should do yourself a favor and try the Rooftop Honey -- it is amazingly tasty.  I kinda wish we could have it under our own label.Please </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/6500971523384727673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=6500971523384727673&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/6500971523384727673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/6500971523384727673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/11/chronicle-had-article-about-bi-rite.html' title=''/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SxM_GDkP_5I/AAAAAAAACko/PlXYOn3prfA/s72-c/IMG_1352.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-8884030830566165396</id><published>2009-11-22T20:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T20:36:20.899-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mites'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hives'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beekeeping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Getting Ready for Winter</title><summary type='text'>This past week has been about visiting all four of the hives that are still going and getting them set for the Winter.  Not that Winter poses a big issue for the bees in the Bay Area, but still with much rain projected this year we want to make sure that the hives are set.A few days back I visited the Dolores Park location to check the two hives there.  One hive still had a lot of activity in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/8884030830566165396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=8884030830566165396&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/8884030830566165396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/8884030830566165396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/11/getting-ready-for-winter_5619.html' title='Getting Ready for Winter'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SwmKfkD_S0I/AAAAAAAACj0/QtpgmmNW62c/s72-c/IMG_1340.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-675402308195670260</id><published>2009-11-22T19:31:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T19:34:02.643-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey lables'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='extracting honey'/><title type='text'>Upcoming</title><summary type='text'>Next on the agenda, bottling and labeling all this honey!Please visit our shop to purchase Noe Valley Honey and other hive products from the Pollen Princesses.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/675402308195670260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=675402308195670260&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/675402308195670260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/675402308195670260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/11/upcoming.html' title='Upcoming'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SwoCfAakJMI/AAAAAAAACj8/ZkwJ2DI48O0/s72-c/IMG_1343.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-9085669105700053729</id><published>2009-11-18T09:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-18T09:45:40.552-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bee scent'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pollen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beekeeping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='extracting honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Third Extraction of the Year</title><summary type='text'>This past weekend was spent extracting more honey.  We had accumulated three supers full that we were storing in our laundry room until we could get the extractor from the bee club and make some time to actually extract it all.Those two requirements converged this weekend and we were able to get it all done.  We had a total of about 70 lbs. of honey when all was said and done.  One of the supers </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/9085669105700053729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=9085669105700053729&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/9085669105700053729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/9085669105700053729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/11/third-extraction-of-year.html' title='Third Extraction of the Year'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-2717049354226889926</id><published>2009-11-02T09:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T09:51:06.176-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bi-Rite'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beekeeping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='extracting honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Maintaining</title><summary type='text'>Not too much has needed to be done with any of the hives for some time.  They are all still bringing in nectar, which is great this late in the year.We did have an opportunity to remove a super of capped honey from one of the hives at the Dolores Park location for a photo shoot done by Bi-Rite.  They have a book in the works about food supply chains and wanted to include some shots of the hives </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/2717049354226889926/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=2717049354226889926&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/2717049354226889926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/2717049354226889926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/11/maintaining.html' title='Maintaining'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/Su8bNF1-C4I/AAAAAAAACi4/O0lEt1hDGUI/s72-c/IMG_1289.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-2155142843970559526</id><published>2009-08-19T19:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-19T19:55:24.703-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='extracting honey'/><title type='text'>Extracting</title><summary type='text'>The busy hive in location number 1 has been going great guns!  We had put a new honey super on just before our trip (which makes three that were on the hive) and it was nearly filled when when we checked on Sunday.  We took the first super that we had added off the hive, and brought it home for extracting.  The other two were still not quite full, so we left them for the bees to work, and added a</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/2155142843970559526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=2155142843970559526&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/2155142843970559526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/2155142843970559526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/08/extracting.html' title='Extracting'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/Sne8tYjmAmI/AAAAAAAACUU/ZwAIa8bp928/s72-c/IMG_1041.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-821091196154384254</id><published>2009-08-15T10:16:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-15T11:10:47.340-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='swarming'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beekeeping'/><title type='text'>Swarm Fun</title><summary type='text'>No sooner had we arrived home from our vacation, then we got a call from the Dolores Park location to let us know that there was a swarm on the power lines over the street.  They weren't sure if the swarm emanated from one of our hives or not, but we rushed over to take a look.We took with us a small bottle of lemon grass essential oil from the local health food store.When we arrived we were able</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/821091196154384254/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=821091196154384254&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/821091196154384254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/821091196154384254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/08/swarm-fun.html' title='Swarm Fun'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/Sne8pDHFcII/AAAAAAAACUE/XuUBVYt_s0I/s72-c/IMG_1044.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-2130539645498140203</id><published>2009-07-20T11:12:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-20T11:35:39.389-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen bee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='swarming'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beekeeping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>The Queen was Where?</title><summary type='text'>Strange goings on in one of the hives at the Dolores Park location.We checked on four of the five hives in a little whirlwind yesterday.  Most of them are super busy which is great news.  The one slow one in the original location is still slow, but seems much healthier than before -- there is a lot of brood ready to hatch, and the queen is laying nicely.  They probably just need a bit more </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/2130539645498140203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=2130539645498140203&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/2130539645498140203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/2130539645498140203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/07/queen-was-where.html' title='The Queen was Where?'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SmS4S0ryzRI/AAAAAAAACMM/Rqm5JB0uI5U/s72-c/IMG_0799.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-6939573086109726683</id><published>2009-07-06T14:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T14:48:33.292-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='swarming'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Baseball Swarm</title><summary type='text'>Fun Story from Houston, regarding a swarm that held up a baseball game.  There are a couple of ignorant quotes, like the guy who wanted to make sure the bees didn't swarm onto a person.  Otherwise, it is pretty entertaining.  It is interesting that they moved into a girl's jacket.Please visit our shop to purchase Noe Valley Honey and other hive products from the Pollen Princesses.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/6939573086109726683/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=6939573086109726683&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/6939573086109726683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/6939573086109726683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/07/fun-story-from-houston-regarding-swarm.html' title='Baseball Swarm'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SlIwTJ3eHqI/AAAAAAAABq4/-6x1R9bAkrc/s72-c/IMG_0808.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-7947700147613130581</id><published>2009-07-01T13:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T14:47:31.909-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='disease'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='package bees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mites'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hives'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nosema'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Two hives still lagging</title><summary type='text'>Well, the slow start seems to be picking up finally.  We have three hives that are doing quite well.  These are all hives that came from packages or a split.  The newest hive in the original yard is growing very rapidly.  It took them a mere few weeks to fill the second hive body and now we have been able to add a honey super.  The first hive at the Dolores location also has a honey super on it, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/7947700147613130581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=7947700147613130581&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/7947700147613130581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/7947700147613130581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/07/two-hives-still-lagging.html' title='Two hives still lagging'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/ShDrXULqn7I/AAAAAAAABE0/gIsCb4i8mLo/s72-c/IMG_0635.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-97505001041473491</id><published>2009-06-02T11:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T11:26:04.629-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen bee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Waiting</title><summary type='text'>It has been kind of a slow start for the bees this year.  I'm not sure why.  We have had to replace one queen already (need to check her this Thursday to make sure she's out).  Other hives are developing but slowly.  We have put supers on three of the five hives now, though, and will add one to a fourth soon.Meanwhile all the hives appear to remain healthy if not extremely populous yet.  Most </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/97505001041473491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=97505001041473491&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/97505001041473491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/97505001041473491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/06/waiting.html' title='Waiting'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SiVuRQaEebI/AAAAAAAABGE/X646K39bl4M/s72-c/IMG_0528.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-8129654815005341870</id><published>2009-05-03T10:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-03T10:39:16.272-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen bee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eggs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='supersedure'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Bees and Flowers Circadian Rythms</title><summary type='text'>Here is an article in the New York Times about how bees and flowers coordinate their schedules to maximize the pollination/nectar trade.We just went Friday to see our new hives and make sure that all is well with them.  The two packages are each doing great.  The Noe Valley one has eggs and the Dolores Park location hive has larvae already.The swarm with the new queen on our friends roof is off </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/8129654815005341870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=8129654815005341870&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/8129654815005341870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/8129654815005341870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/05/bees-and-flowers-circadian-rythms.html' title='Bees and Flowers Circadian Rythms'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-7171124173598309387</id><published>2009-04-21T20:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-21T20:56:46.590-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen bee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nuc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='package bees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hives'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Three more hives, Three Swarms, Two Packages and a Spare Queen.</title><summary type='text'>It has been a busy weekend.  We have installed three new hives bringing our total in the City up to five!It took a little doing - especially since not everything worked out the way we had planned exactly.We were going to put one more nuc on the roof off Dolores park, and use packages for the other hive in the original location and the new hive on our friend Brad's roof.  The same woman who had </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/7171124173598309387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=7171124173598309387&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/7171124173598309387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/7171124173598309387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/04/three-more-hives-three-swarms-two.html' title='Three more hives, Three Swarms, Two Packages and a Spare Queen.'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-1674885429103212728</id><published>2009-04-15T10:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-15T11:05:41.630-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mites'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pollen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Getting ready for more</title><summary type='text'>We are going to spend this upcoming weekend installing three more hives around the City.  One more at the original location, one more at the new location, and a final one on a friend's roof.  Love that.The first one will be another nuc -- these have worked out well for us so far.  The other two will be packages that should be arriving this Saturday or Sunday.  To get ready for them, Deno has been</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/1674885429103212728/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=1674885429103212728&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/1674885429103212728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/1674885429103212728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/04/getting-ready-for-more.html' title='Getting ready for more'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SeYfqwwCp6I/AAAAAAAAA_Q/EgW6lWT9_70/s72-c/IMG_0502.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-6514648070951970917</id><published>2009-04-03T07:57:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-03T08:26:52.888-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley Voice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hives'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='package bees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>We're Famous! (locally)</title><summary type='text'>The Noe Valley Voice paper has published a really lovely article about us in their April Issue which just came out. The new issue is not online as of today, but should be very soon. The paper is out on the streets in Noe Valley so if you are making a trip to Lovejoy's Tea House, pick up a copy.We are very proud!At the same time, this issue is arriving just as we are getting down to our last stock</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/6514648070951970917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=6514648070951970917&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/6514648070951970917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/6514648070951970917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/04/were-famous-locally.html' title='We&apos;re Famous! (locally)'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SdYms4wWd1I/AAAAAAAAA-w/KalLawcwjpE/s72-c/IMG_0430.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-4426848097586781030</id><published>2009-03-31T09:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-31T10:28:43.925-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey lables'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen piping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nuc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Weekend of Bees</title><summary type='text'>This past weekend was a busy one on the bee and honey front.  The adventures started with a call from the Bi-Rite buyer saying that they needed more!  As luck would have it we had already given them our entire remaining inventory of jars, holding back only what we have listed on our Etsy storefront.  However, we had recently pulled off five frames from the existing hive body to install a nuc.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/4426848097586781030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=4426848097586781030&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/4426848097586781030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/4426848097586781030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/03/weekend-of-bees.html' title='Weekend of Bees'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SdJLbTsctII/AAAAAAAAA98/kBl4bHi_tWw/s72-c/IMG_5407.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-1543747869847380580</id><published>2009-03-20T18:32:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-20T18:47:00.538-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noe Valley honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bi-Rite'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Find Us at Bi-Rite</title><summary type='text'>It is official  Bi-Rite grocery, on 18th Street near Dolores Park is now carrying Pollen Princesses Pure Noe Valley Honey. Tell your friends!Yes, that is me in the picture on their sign.  They call us their "good neighbors."  The feeling is, of course, mutual.Please visit our shop to purchase Noe Valley Honey and other hive products from the Pollen Princesses.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/1543747869847380580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=1543747869847380580&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/1543747869847380580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/1543747869847380580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/03/find-us-at-bi-rite.html' title='Find Us at Bi-Rite'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/ScREyXx2BXI/AAAAAAAAA5o/2mu-MgY54Bo/s72-c/IMG_0394.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-3882345211644344705</id><published>2009-03-20T08:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-20T19:01:52.669-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Picture Day</title><summary type='text'>This morning we are off to have the bees' pictures taken.  We'll probably do a group shot as much as we can.There's actually a reason for this:  the Noe Valley Voice is doing an article for April about Pollen Princesses and our honey.  We've submitted the interview already, but they are taking the photos.Please visit our shop to purchase Noe Valley Honey and other hive products from the Pollen </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/3882345211644344705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=3882345211644344705&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/3882345211644344705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/3882345211644344705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/03/picture-day.html' title='Picture Day'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/ScRJ1a8gqEI/AAAAAAAAA6I/arHI2xXcoXE/s72-c/IMG_0411.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-5875457277695344254</id><published>2009-03-04T14:46:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-04T15:09:53.665-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nuc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Installing a Nuc</title><summary type='text'>Well, we took another more in depth look at the colony this past Friday and sure enough all the brood from the eggs we had seen were drones.  That means it was a worker laying infertile eggs and not a queen.As luck would have it, another local beekeeper had some 5 frame nucleii (nucs, basically a small split from a larger colony in a small box) for sale.  She called us right away and said she </summary><link rel='replies' 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src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/Sa8IAINsRHI/AAAAAAAAA5A/0Bk9VzBlfN0/s72-c/IMG_0367.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-1176696023432706767</id><published>2009-02-11T10:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T10:45:45.876-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Some exciting news</title><summary type='text'>Stay tuned --We are talking with a local grocery about them carrying our honey in their assortment and perhaps using it in their ice cream.There is even a possibility that they will want to set up their own apiary and use us as the beekeepers!Please visit our shop to purchase Noe Valley Honey and other hive products from the Pollen Princesses.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/1176696023432706767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=1176696023432706767&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/1176696023432706767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/1176696023432706767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/02/some-exciting-news.html' title='Some exciting news'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-3349568399170263491</id><published>2009-02-08T09:15:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-08T16:37:00.342-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen bee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eggs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pollen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Quick Peek</title><summary type='text'>While the sun was out yesterday and it was relatively warm and free of a chance of rain we went to check the hive and see if the princesses had room to start growing their colony -- with the weather being so warm I thought the would likely already be starting to rear brood and I know they've been able to start gathering pollen and nectar.When we got into the hive we got some mixed news.We saw a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/3349568399170263491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=3349568399170263491&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/3349568399170263491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/3349568399170263491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/02/quick-peek.html' title='Quick Peek'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SY96adqUb7I/AAAAAAAAAw0/rHp8TpIhbvo/s72-c/IMG_0301.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-754797155824099683</id><published>2009-01-31T15:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-03T15:59:58.896-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Isn't it cool?</title><summary type='text'>We have been recognized in a local blog and we are in their list of local merchants!In other news there was an interesting little brief in the NY Magazine about an artist who uses bees to create his sculptures.  He provides the bees with wooden templates instead of the traditional frames that are usually put in a hive for the bees to draw their comb on.It also is becoming pretty apparent that the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/754797155824099683/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=754797155824099683&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/754797155824099683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/754797155824099683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/01/isnt-it-cool-we-have-been-recognized-in.html' title='Isn&apos;t it cool?'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SYTj17CcXlI/AAAAAAAAArc/2UUaQH5qF4Q/s72-c/IMG_0273+(800x600).jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-8165877587396260878</id><published>2009-01-21T11:59:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-21T12:24:24.329-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spring'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pollen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Jump Start on Spring</title><summary type='text'>The weather here has been absurdly warm -- I mean into the 70's.Therefore the bees have been out in force.  We have seen significant numbers of them on the lavender and rosemary in the neighborhood.  The plum trees have not started to bloom yet, though.In Berkeley, I've seen several bees on the jade plants which are fully in bloom now.When we visited the Stybring Arboretum in Golden Gate park </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/8165877587396260878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=8165877587396260878&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/8165877587396260878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/8165877587396260878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/01/jump-start-on-spring.html' title='Jump Start on Spring'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SXeDp5ODSrI/AAAAAAAAAo8/DuNAc2kEA5o/s72-c/IMG_0191.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-4336559821845435582</id><published>2009-01-03T11:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T09:15:53.591-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Lip Balm available</title><summary type='text'>We have added a few tubs of our citrus hemp lip balm to our shop.  This is made from 100% pure beeswax from our hive blended with pure hemp oil and citrus essential oils to create a lovely emollient to moisturize, sooth and protect your lips. Please check it out.Please visit our shop to purchase Noe Valley Honey and other hive products from the Pollen Princesses.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/4336559821845435582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=4336559821845435582&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/4336559821845435582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/4336559821845435582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/01/lip-balm-available.html' title='Lip Balm available'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-1586863359176671680</id><published>2009-01-02T15:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T09:15:42.395-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Honey Laundering</title><summary type='text'>Here is another interesting article about the effects of the Honey shortage in North America.  Rest assured that this in no way affects our honey.  We take it from the hive ourselves, so we know exactly where (and when) it comes from. Seattle Times Here's to locally collected and produced, natural, raw honey and the princesses that make it! Please visit our shop to purchase Noe Valley Honey and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/1586863359176671680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=1586863359176671680&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/1586863359176671680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/1586863359176671680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/01/honey-laundering.html' title='Honey Laundering'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SV6jBA4UZbI/AAAAAAAAAaU/sXsaHXuxUdc/s72-c/IMG_0058.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-1601129851505432133</id><published>2009-01-01T17:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T09:15:23.859-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bee dance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pure honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beekeeping'/><title type='text'>Fascinating Article</title><summary type='text'>Everyone is aware of the fact that bees communicate with each other by a "dance" done in the hive which indicates the location of good food sources by indicating not just the direction from the hive, but also the distance.  The further from the hive, the more waggles of the tail on each pass of the dance.  Within a certain radius, the dance figure changes to a circle. What none have been able to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/1601129851505432133/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=1601129851505432133&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/1601129851505432133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/1601129851505432133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2009/01/fascinating-article.html' title='Fascinating Article'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-7075290202189630372</id><published>2008-11-11T09:17:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T09:14:57.934-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Shop is Open</title><summary type='text'>I took a bit longer than I thought, but we did finally get our product up in our shop.  The labels came out great, I think.  And the photography is very nice.  Anyway feel free to take a look. There isn't really anything new to report on the hive itself.  Since we last dusted them with sugar and closed down the hive entrance there isn't anything more to do until February or March when we can </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/7075290202189630372/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=7075290202189630372&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/7075290202189630372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/7075290202189630372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-took-bit-longer-than-i-thought-but-we.html' title='Shop is Open'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-1244418218402535213</id><published>2008-10-30T10:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T09:14:42.795-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey lables'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Good News!</title><summary type='text'>We have actually finally got a design for the honey packaging.  Just need to get the labels printed and on the jars and we will be available for sale!  Yeay! So keep your eyes out for fresh, natural, pure, urban, Noe Valley Honey from San Francisco. We'll have three different extractions available and most will be in a sample size (5oz), Medium (11oz) or large (18oz) by weight. Please visit our </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/1244418218402535213/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=1244418218402535213&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/1244418218402535213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/1244418218402535213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2008/10/good-news-we-have-actually-finally-got.html' title='Good News!'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SRSwDRRx_OI/AAAAAAAAAPw/PwdVXS1RQkI/s72-c/Honey+single.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-5965677150039270785</id><published>2008-10-20T09:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T09:14:30.869-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen bee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mites'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey lables'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beekeeping'/><title type='text'>Time to nestle in for Winter</title><summary type='text'>We visited the hive once more yesterday.  The super that was nearly full of honey, but not sealed last week was almost emptied out again.  There was just about 3 frames of honey that was still not capped, though a shake test showed that it was pretty much cured. The girls were just moving it down to the main hive bodies in preparation for huddling up for the Winter. The bottom board was covered </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/5965677150039270785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=5965677150039270785&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/5965677150039270785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/5965677150039270785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2008/10/time-to-nestle-in-for-winter.html' title='Time to nestle in for Winter'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-2063703071014197170</id><published>2008-09-28T12:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T09:14:02.527-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mites'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Dusting</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday, we went to pay the princesses a visit.  We haven't taken a look at them since the week after we installed Agnes, the new Queen so they were do for a little check-up. The hive looked to be in good shape and the honey super that we still have remaining is nearly full, though they have not started capping they honey yet.  The top hive body was about 2/3 full of honey and a little pollen </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/2063703071014197170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=2063703071014197170&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/2063703071014197170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/2063703071014197170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2008/09/yesterday-we-went-to-pay-princesses.html' title='Dusting'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-4586084465589142474</id><published>2008-09-26T11:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T09:13:16.433-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seaonal honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey lables'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local honey'/><title type='text'>Labels</title><summary type='text'>We are still busily trying to finalize the lable design for the honey that we have bottled.  So far we've collected a total of just about 90 lbs of raw urban honey from the princesses.  This represents three separate collections actually.  The first was in early summer, June.  This honey crystallized nearly immediately, and has a slight bitter note underneath the herbaceous sweetness.  The second</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/4586084465589142474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=4586084465589142474&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/4586084465589142474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/4586084465589142474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2008/09/we-are-still-busily-trying-to-finalize.html' title='Labels'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-5886199295704188762</id><published>2008-09-09T16:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T09:12:58.325-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen bee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mites'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='extracting honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beekeeping'/><title type='text'>Extracting</title><summary type='text'>Perhaps I should back up a couple of weeks to our last adventure in extracting honey. If Deno has pictures (I'm sure he must) I'll have him add them. We had taken one full super off of the hive back in July and remembering that our friends from the peninsula had asked if they could come see how we extract the honey some time, we called them up to set up a date. We came up with a weekend in early </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/5886199295704188762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=5886199295704188762&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/5886199295704188762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/5886199295704188762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2008/09/perhaps-i-should-back-up-couple-of.html' title='Extracting'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SN_bMuh0sZI/AAAAAAAAAPY/qjqcHBdhbZ0/s72-c/IMG_9891.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-6036528687421096393</id><published>2008-09-08T10:12:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T09:12:08.286-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen bee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mites'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beekeeping'/><title type='text'>Queen released</title><summary type='text'>While I was away this weekend, Deno went to check the colony. The queen has been released from the cage and we already have some brood being sealed. Another two weeks and we'll have the new bees hatching and the colony will be out of danger. Agnes is laying in the upper hive body which has me a little concerned because it will limit the space they have to store their winter supplies. If the brood</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/6036528687421096393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=6036528687421096393&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/6036528687421096393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/6036528687421096393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2008/09/queen-released.html' title='Queen released'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996408906444137810.post-3456855651671661291</id><published>2008-09-05T09:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T09:11:42.428-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mites'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raw honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural honey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beekeeping'/><title type='text'>Requeened</title><summary type='text'>It appeared two weeks ago, upon examining the hives that the current queen, Heather had either absconded or simply been smashed when we tried to reverse the hive bodies. Unfortunately, although there were plenty of eggs at the time the bees did not see fit to raise a new monarch and when we opened the hive there was no brood whatsoever. We originally were going to trade for a frame of eggs and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/feeds/3456855651671661291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2996408906444137810&amp;postID=3456855651671661291&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/3456855651671661291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2996408906444137810/posts/default/3456855651671661291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pollenprincesses.blogspot.com/2008/09/requeened.html' title='Requeened'/><author><name>SFMichael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04157791887361117761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qzMMVAFvdck/SMaWWbk2SRI/AAAAAAAAAO8/MfMyjqhgPAM/S220/800px-Drinking_Bee.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
