Field Dispatch

The Colony Does Not Keep a Calendar - IronHive Co LLC
The Colony Does Not Keep a Calendar
It keeps the year. Pulling honey and feeding pollen in the same week, the winter bees, and the wheel that became The Hive Year. Read more...
Somebody Said It Looked Like AI - IronHive Co LLC
Somebody Said It Looked Like AI
Fair question. Here is what is real, what the designs are made of, and what the shirt is made of. Read more...
The Numbers Are Down - IronHive Co LLC
The Numbers Are Down
Smaller is not the same as failing. Wasps at the door, a narrowed entrance, and a colony that has read August correctly. Read more...
I Rolled the Queen - IronHive Co LLC
I Rolled the Queen
April mistake, August recovery, and the one input that actually mattered. What a laying-worker colony looks like, why the direct fixes failed, and what finally worked. Read more...
Nothing Is Blooming - IronHive Co LLC
Nothing Is Blooming
The dearth arrives in the Umpqua valley every August and catches new keepers every time. What a colony does when the forage runs out, why smoke works, and where a... Read more...
The door is narrower now. - IronHive Co LLC
The door is narrower now.
Robbing season arrived early. The mesh went on before the sun cleared the fence line. It is not a barrier. The screen does not stop anything — it changes the... Read more...